by stacylcarlson | Dec 3, 2025 | Thoughts
For those that spend any amount of time with me, they will know that I need music playing to fill silence. I’ve written often here about my love for music, and how it brings a certain level of calm to my very hectic and loud brain. So, each year, when Spotify...
by stacylcarlson | Dec 1, 2025 | Thoughts
It started simple enough. My nephew mentioned that he wanted me to get back into the family tree research. Sure, why not. It would be cool to see where we are from. I hopped into Ancestry.com, started building the tree, became super curious and said the unthinkable....
by stacylcarlson | Apr 11, 2025 | Thoughts
Grandma passed away almost a year ago. With everything that I was going through last year, me sitting in the rubble of what was my life before cancer, I didn’t have the energy to grieve. I always thought I would break down, weep, scream, cry, when grandma...
by stacylcarlson | Mar 10, 2025 | Thoughts
Grandma Millie was the world to me. I can sit here today, close my eyes, and see her contagious smile. She always had a hint of mischievousness to her, and she is everything I want to be. When she passed away, I didn’t cry. This was surprising to me mainly because she...
by stacylcarlson | Dec 19, 2024 | Thoughts
When my son was in kindergarten, and my daughter was in 5th grade, we made, what I thought was our last move. It was into a quiet townhouse on the south side of town and it was a perfect rental for our family. The first entry on our growth wall was 8/14/2013. Over the...
