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The Magic Hat, A Love Story

Nov 14, 2014 By elinwaldal 49 Comments

Stories. Every family has them. My family’s story began with my parents both on skis. Legend has it they met at the top-turn-of-the-nose-dive in Stowe, Vermont. The year was 1950. […]

Filed Under: Death of a Parent, Marriage, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Love Story, The 1950's

Attitude: Perspective Day 16

Feb 16, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 8 Comments

Noelle Pikus-Pace. Wow. Just wow. In the note she wrote to herself that read: “This is it. Don’t get scared now.” followed by a smiley face, Noelle Pikus-Pace set the […]

Filed Under: Healing from Trauma, Marriage, Memories Tagged With: Grief, Healing, Love, Noelle Pikus-Place, Olympics

Sunrise, Music and the Day Ahead

Nov 10, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 6 Comments

Watching the sun, Watching it come Watching it come up, Over the rooftops… Cloudy and warm, Maybe a storm You can never quite tell, From the morning… And it’s going […]

Filed Under: For the Love of Nature, Marriage, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Love, Marriage, NaBloPoMo13

A Text Message, The Voice, and James

Nov 5, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 16 Comments

Last night while fretting obsessing over a formatting issue on a blog post I was trying to publish for my website, I received a text message from Jimmy. He was […]

Filed Under: Marriage, Music, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: James Wolpert, Music, Technology, The Voice

My Parent’s Letters

Oct 8, 2013 By elinwaldal 12 Comments

“It was simple prophecy.” My mother used to say when describing both her vision and the prediction that she would marry my father the first time she laid eyes on […]

Filed Under: Grief, Marriage Tagged With: Grief, Love letters, Parents, The 1950's

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