Author Archives: becky

Life Lesson #6: Backpacks are a Badge of Honor

Around my hometown of Madison Wisconsin I sported a hefty backpack large enough to pack library books, a computer…and maybe a small child. I wore it mostly for its functional purposes, like picking up groceries or transporting my laptop to…

Life Lesson #4: Seek Out Love in Monsters and Pirates

When I met my husband for the first time, I was not impressed. I guess I should clarify that. When I met him, I didn’t fall over backwards, with the wind knocked out of me in love. He was a…

Lesson #2 Let Wise Shoe Shiners Show You The Way

I watched my three year old twins run up and down the empty airport corridor, regretting that I arrived way too early. We were waiting in the airport in Madison, Wisconsin for my mother who had embarked on her own…

I watched my three year old twins run up and down the empty airport corridor, regretting that I arrived way too early. We were waiting in the airport in Madison, Wisconsin for my mother who had embarked on her own…