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The Magic Hat, A Love Story

Nov 14, 2014 By elinwaldal 49 Comments

The Magic Hat, A Love Story

Stories. Every family has them. My family’s story began with my parents both on skis. Legend has it they were at the top-turn-of-the-nose-dive in Stowe, Vermont when they met, the year was 1950. Once home, my mother, along with the yarn, cast her spell of love onto the needles she used to knit a long stocking hat for […]

Filed Under: Marriage, Memories, My Parent's Letters, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: How my parents met, Love Story, The 1950's

Attitude: Perspective Day 16

Feb 16, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 8 Comments

Attitude: Perspective Day 16

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 stage for herself; smile–just smile. I doubt there is a soul alive who watched Noelle Pikus-Pace climb up over the rail and into the stands […]

Filed Under: Healing, 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

Sunrise, Music and the Day Ahead

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 to be a day, There is really no way to say, No to the morning… Yes it’s going to be a day, There is really […]

Filed Under: Marriage, NaBloPoMo13, Nature Tagged With: Love, Marriage, NaBloPoMo13

A Text Message, The Voice and James

Nov 5, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 16 Comments

A Text Message, The Voice and James

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 downstairs. This has become one of our habits. I mean it is easy. Sometimes it can even feel like a guilty pleasure, now don’t go […]

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

My Parent’s Letters

Oct 8, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 12 Comments

My Parent’s Letters

  “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 him. “I could see it…” her hand open in front of her as if she were showing me a painting, then with eyes closed, […]

Filed Under: Marriage, Memories, My Parent's Letters Tagged With: Grief, Love letters, Parents, The 1950's

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