A Handful of Dreams

Goodbye, Grandpa.

My grandfather, Albert F. Wild, passed away Friday at the not-so-tender age of 95. He lived a long and amazing life, was happily married to my grandmother for 66 years…

Hope October 18, 2010

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Book Report Friday: The Hunger Games Trilogy

Suggesting that people read the Hunger GamesTrilogy feels a little bit like suggesting that they go out and read Harry Potter. And not just because they're both, technically, books written…

Hope October 15, 2010

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The Human Spirit Has Some Endurance

Note: Thank you all so so so so so so so much for all of the donations, tweets, facebookings and offers to help me bake cookies in support of PAWS…

Hope October 13, 2010

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Gracie: A Primer. A Plea. A Giveaway.

This is Gracie. Gracie is our (adorable!) Siberian Husky that we adopted last year from PAWS New England. Gracie was rescued from a shelter in Tennessee that has an astounding…

Hope October 12, 2010

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Book Report Friday: Never Let Me Go (Spoilers!)

Ok, let me preface this by saying that if you are somehow unaware of the big "secret" in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go and you have no wish to…

Hope October 8, 2010

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Allison and Dustin’s Wedding

A month later, Allison and Dustin's wedding is starting to feel like a bit of a blur. (Obvious metaphor is obvious). The photos definitely help in jogging my memory, but…

Hope October 7, 2010

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The Post I Wanted to Write

A couple of weeks ago, my physical therapist pronounced me to be, if not healed, at least something approaching healed. She said to try to run a little and that…

Hope October 5, 2010

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I’m Gonna Marry This Guy!

Me: I can't wait to see you as a dad someday. You're so sweet with our pets and it's going to be like that I bet. Kristian: Little child wants…

Hope September 25, 2010

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Looking For a Few Good Bottles

We are officially 359 days away from our wedding. Not that I'm keeping track or anything. Seriously, I'm not keeping track. I had to use a calculator to figure this…

Hope September 23, 2010

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Gracie’s Big Adventure

Gracie got out of our yard last night. I'm not quite sure how she did it. All I know is, I went to let her back into the house after…

Hope September 21, 2010

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