I realized today that it has been about a year (yes, a year) since I have really logged in here at TCO.

So...

In the last year I have been to Forks, Washington... as well as La Push, Port Angeles, Seattle and a myriad of other beautiful places and sights in the Olympic Peninsula. If I had my way, I would pack up everything and move there today. It is JUST as amazing as I imagined it would be... I literally cried when I got off the plane, back home in Wisconsin.

I have begun…

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I sit before my computer, fingers on the keys... I feel them moving, see my words appearing across the screen... and yet, I don't feel as if I am really here...



I have to be somewhere else; someplace where my heart is not aching. Someplace where it doesn't feel as if I've lost my esteemed colleague, my charming little sister, my protective big brother, my loyal confidant and my complete commiserator all in one fell swoop. And amidst the tears now creeping down my cheeks the world is… Continue