We all ask "What if?" questions, right? We daydream about possibility and opportunity. We hope and pray for things; some that come and some that don't. The year 2017 was most definitely about chasing the "What if?" and I'm so grateful to God for seeing dreams become reality. Women's March on Portland with 100K of my closest friends. At the end of 2016, I was asking God to create opportunities for Jeff and I to move our family back home, specifically, to my hometown. As Jeff can attest, it was a desire that had been on my heart for years. While we loved our houses in Portland and Battle Ground, while we loved our circle of friends and co-workers, and while we loved living close to Jennifer, I always felt our home was in the Seattle area. As each year passed, and each holiday season approached, I felt my own homesickness increase. This was my own seasonal affective disorder; the arrival of Spring and return of sunshine would ease those feelings, and
Family stories from PDX to BG to MV