Vintage 1979 - Deena

Let me tell you a story about a girl named Deena. 

Did I quit my job for this?

A version of this article was originally published on Her View From Home.

Missing the trees for the branches

Sometimes we miss the beauty of the whole for the mess of tangled branches.  

Childhood in a Canadian Winter

Childhood in a Canadian winter is slouching on the school bus beside your best friend, sweating in your ski pants and jacket from the blast of the heater on high, backpack still behind you, digging in under one armpit, shoving you forward on the vinyl seat, your Sorel boots absently kicking the metal of the seat in front as you design patterns on the frosted window.

On anxiety and accomplishments

Sometimes I start thinking I'm really nailing this whole life business.

The Ginther family Christmas letter 2018

Every year flies by and 2018 was no exception. 

Mama, show me

Photo by Lovely Roots Photography

It's about time to get back into the writing of the words. They've been marbles rolling around restlessly in my mind, but it's been a long time since I've SAID anything and plinking them out on this laptop feels weird and awkward.