Wednesday the 14th was my official due date. We head into the unknown this week of whether baby RD would join our family on his own or wait to be induced on Saturday. So naturally I’m feeling a little anxious with the remaining busy work days and nights ahead and simply hope that I can get to the hospital safely and… Read more →
Category: Live with Us
Four Funerals and a Baby
Here’s the score for this week so far. Four Funerals. One Baby. Eric will have to miss going to the final OB appointment with Alli tomorrow because things are so busy at work. Doctor told us last week that if baby boy didn’t come on his own by the end of this week she would, most likely, induce Saturday. So,… Read more →
Sugar Saturday!
Today is the day!! (oh no…not THAT day! baby boy still tucked away.) Today is the day that sugar runs freely through KC’s blood…sorta. With the move, baby prepping, and holidays things have been a little lax when it comes to filtering what KC has been eating. To be honest it’s been pretty lax for all of us. Meals have… Read more →
Nursery for Shaky Dad Part 2
The Land of Nod company never hesitated when asked if they would be willing to collaborate with us on this project. We have so many people we would love to thank personally from the CEO to the men who delivered our furniture in the pouring rain! Several people at The Land of Nod have been instrumental in this project including… Read more →
Photos of the End as We Celebrate the New
Happy New Year from Us to You! As many blessings 2014 brought our way we can’t help from being so excited for 2015. We are days away from welcoming the newest member of our family. So, we thought we would use the new year to share our recent maternity photos and celebrate the journey that has brought us to… Read more →
Life Among the Dead
It is really hard to believe that I graduated from San Francisco College of Mortuary Science 20 years ago this year! (Yes, there is a college for my profession.) It has been 15 years since I started our own business which means all of our children have grown up in the death care world. With many professions the work can be… Read more →
Nursery for Shaky Dad Part 1
One of the most accurate descriptions of how it feels to live with Parkinson’s Disease was made by Michael J. Fox. “It’s like having a 4-year-old climbing on you all the time,” describes Fox, “and so whatever you’re trying to do, you’ve got this 4-year-old and you’re … just trying to be patient and focus on what you need to… Read more →
Death Takes a Holiday
I was recently asked what have I learned from working in the funeral profession. The truth is I learn something almost everyday. But one of the things that amazes me is as humans how much control we have over when we die and this is more apparent during this time of year. I’m also often asked if there is a… Read more →
Where Are You Christmas?
Yesterday, after being up since 6am, scrambling to a baby doctor appointment with Alli,departing ways for me to rush to work to intercept a hectic day and she driving KC to a doctor appointment in the east bay for a persistent cough, I finally met up with the two at our old house after they had worked the whole afternoon… Read more →
Small Town Life in Our Big City.
I’m a country boy. No, really. Up to the age of 17 I was raised in a small rural county of Colorado only miles from the Nebraska border. My time was split between living on the family farm 16 miles from town and living in a “town” of maybe 50 people. I was on a John Deere tractor in the… Read more →