Sarah Rise Weekly Updates

The biggest news is not really new news, but is just as true as ever. We are so incredibly lucky and blessed to have Anna in our lives. Since Amy was away on her 8th grade class trip, Anna had three hours one-on-one with Sarah. This amount of time that wasn’t straddling two speeds and… Read more »

This has been a week for flexibility. Many plans fell apart due to various hiccups. We took this in stride, but by the time Anna arrived on Wednesday, Sarah had a backlog of feelings to unload. Anna listened lovingly and attentively for an hour as Sarah talked and cried about it all. I love how… Read more »

After writing last week, I had a lovely time reading in bed while still in my pajamas. Sarah made me a bookmark with musical notes, and Amy presented me with my Mother’s Day gift of a customized deck of cards. We like playing cooperative double solitaire together, and now I will always be ready. Every… Read more »

Yes, but… That is how I have responded to so many suggestions over the years, especially from my mother. Maybe it has been that way with everyone, but she is the one who pointed out years ago that I was a good “yes, but-er.” I am that indeed. This week I noticed it physically, how… Read more »

This has been A Big Week. You may have read about some of these things in the news. The First Big Thing is that on Tuesday a short but intense thunderstorm ripped through Pittsburgh, uprooting trees, breaking parts of trees, ripping roofs off of some buildings, and taking out the power for approximately 325,000 people…. Read more »

Last Sunday morning we woke up in Florida, had our last amazing breakfast at our favorite restaurant, did our Easter hunt, and flew home. The next day Amy had school, much to her chagrin because that is how she always feels about school these days and this week was PSSA testing week. Sarah didn’t have… Read more »

Good morning from Florida. We are finishing our spring break where we have enjoyed epic breakfasts at Proinos Breakfast Club, midday snacks of ice cream sundaes in lieu of lunch, and dinners outside by the beach with live music as we watch the sun slip into the waves. We have been outside for breakfast too… Read more »

How is it that I can feel older, slower, and creakier than ever and still have times when I feel embarrassed that my inner petulant five year old is at the helm? Yesterday Sarah and I clashed over cleaning her aligners in the new cleaning device that I bought. I thought it was a great… Read more »

My attempts at swaying the universe with my willpower are spotty at best. Sometimes in our household you might hear Sarah grunting and groaning as she pretends to be Gerald the Elephant trying to dance, Daddy Pig mowing the lawn, a school teacher carrying a crocodile head for a costume, or Circle With A Line… Read more »

It’s not every day that I can make a person’s dream come true, but I was able to do just that.  After many long days at work, as Carl drifted off to sleep one night he thought he was surrounded by fancy cheese plates with gorgeous strawberries. He forced himself to open his eyes because… Read more »