The call came early on Christmas Eve, during a quiet winter morning in the Cascade Mountains. What began as a routine holiday drive along Highway 101 quickly…
He became my reason for everything. By his teens, he was working part-time at a garage. Customers asked for him by name. He was disciplined, kind, determined—everything…
On my husband’s fiftieth birthday, I had planned for months, quietly collecting maps and moments until a trip to Hawaii finally took shape. I wanted the ocean…