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CATCHING UP

September 13, 2019 by Sarah Kline 29 Comments

Okay, pals, I know it’s been a while, but it feels like holding patterns dominate my life right now….

SUMMER’S LAST HURRAH AND OLIVER HEADS OUT

August 19, 2019 by Sarah Kline 31 Comments

These last two weeks have been a blur….

CATCHING UP

August 3, 2019 by Sarah Kline 14 Comments

Oh, friends, what a long and difficult journey we’re on right now….

ENJOYING ANOTHER PDX SUMMER

June 29, 2019 by Sarah Kline 9 Comments

It’s like our summer is all about the BEFORE and AFTER David’s surgery….

HOPEFUL NEWS AND BREATHING SPACE

June 11, 2019 by Sarah Kline 26 Comments

porter walk

First things first.

This past week we learned some great news about David….

EVERY DAY GRATITUDE AND MOTHER’S DAY

May 13, 2019 by Sarah Kline 20 Comments

Here’s another lesson I’m learning while careening on my husband’s current health crisis merry-go-round.

Diminished expectations and detours don’t have to mean just disappointment and sorrow….

FIVE CANCER LESSONS–PLUS GATHERING AND GIVING JOY

April 30, 2019 by Sarah Kline 21 Comments

PDX Portland Ahi Tuna Bowl Poke Mon

Thick in the midst of David’s cancer treatments, we’re all getting some heady lessons over here….

D.C. AND WELCOME TO THE NEW NORMAL

April 13, 2019 by Sarah Kline 23 Comments

Lincoln memorial

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way.” – Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Welcome to my two cities, spring 2019….