Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

Have you heard of "Hygge" (pronounced "Hoo-gah")? Hygge is a Norwegian word (meaning well-being or hug). But, the Danish people have adopted it and made it into a beautiful way of life. And, even thou...

As we approach the holiday season, this year seems extra stressful. With quarantining, masking and all the political drama we've faced, getting ready to celebrate our savior's birth can seem like a ch...

Sometimes, we are blessed enough to have someone in our life who teaches us about living. However, it is rare to have a friend who teaches us about dying. "How are you doing?" That's a perfectly norma...

Moms can be experts at giving guilt, but we also take on more guilt than we could ever hope to pass on to others. That's the thing with motherhood. No matter how much we get done in a day, it's never ...

Fall means apples. And, to me, that means apple crisp! Apple crisp was one of my mom's favorite desserts and she and I got to the point where we could make it without a recipe. We never made it the sa...

As I watched my grandson stare in awe at the yellow water coming out of his body (he's potty-training) I wanted to laugh. But, as I thought more about it I realized that eliminating yellow water out o...

There are so many fancy, new-fangled things that make motherhood easier now. I really wish some of them had been around when I was raising kids. But, sometimes simple is good too. In the old days, wom...

Some people wait all year for Pumpkin Spice Lattes to come back. I am not one of those people. I can live quite happily without ever having another Pumpkin Spiced coffee. To me, Pumpkin Spice (which w...

Yesterday, I drove around town with zucchini in my car. I was hoping I would run into someone I knew and could slip some into their backseat (I'm not kidding!). Because, as summer ends, my zucchini ha...

I was cleaning out my bathroom vanity and found a box of old fingernail polish. I'm sure some of the bottles had been in there for a decade or more. It felt wasteful to throw them away, so I did some ...