by Kristen Rademacher | Jan 3, 2020 | Musings
Happy 2020! Here’s to a new year and a new decade! I always love this annual time to reflect, declare resolutions and set goals for the months ahead. Carly was born in January, so for me, this is also the time of year when I deliberately conjure up a picture of our...
by Kristen Rademacher | Oct 17, 2019 | Musings
My memoir, From the Lake House, will be published in July 2020. Yes, I’m excited and thrilled. And yes, I’m awaiting a nervous breakdown come summer. I’ve got the temperament of a writer – a true introvert who loves quiet, a keen observer who avoids a spotlight....
by Kristen Rademacher | Oct 1, 2019 | Musings
Deer have taken over my neighborhood. They loiter at the mailboxes, eat our flowers, and generally parade around with a bold confidence I find presumptuous. Recently I looked through my den window to see a buck maybe six inches on the other side of the glass, chomping...
by Kristen Rademacher | Sep 18, 2019 | Musings
I delivered a stillborn baby nearly sixteen years ago. My daughter, had she lived, would be a full-on teen now. But my daughter died, my heart broke, and as one must do, I moved forward. I let go of my dream of motherhood and built different dreams. I adapted. And...
