Life is hitting me pretty hard these days, so I’ve kind of been MIA. But today I need to share one quick little story from my family’s backpacking trip this summer. And I’m going to break my own rule of NEVER posting a first draft. (I’ll probably regret it tomorrow.) I’m giving you an unedited…… Continue reading Backpacking Isn’t All Fun, Sometimes You Want to Cut Off Your Feet
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The Vietnam War and Sacrifice Gave My Brother His Name
(I originally wrote the following post about freedom and sacrifice for inspireafire.com last year. I thought Memorial Day was an appropriate time to publish a slightly revised version.) Keith. That’s the name of my dad’s best boyhood friend. It’s also my brother’s name. My brother carries Keith’s name because Keith Kahlstorf was only allowed…… Continue reading The Vietnam War and Sacrifice Gave My Brother His Name
Our Family Goes Backpacking, But My Friend Tori’s Family REALLY Goes Backpacking
Last summer my family went backpacking in Colorado. It was just an overnight trip, and within 24 hours we had returned to civilization and were eating the biggest hamburgers we’d ever seen in our lives. It was just a sweet little trip, but because it was the final check on my post-cancer to-do list, it…… Continue reading Our Family Goes Backpacking, But My Friend Tori’s Family REALLY Goes Backpacking
The Backpacking Story that was Years in the Making
Four years after sending a query to Creation Illustrated hoping to write about my first backpacking trip, I received an invitation to write the story. Four. Years. (I’ve had to wait quite a while for responses to queries in the past, but four years is crazytown. ) It was worth the wait, however, because that…… Continue reading The Backpacking Story that was Years in the Making
Backpacking and Breast Cancer
I posted the following statement on July 18, 2016. We cancelled our plans for a family backpacking trip to Colorado this summer because a backpack and chest expanders are a bad combination. (Just wearing a seat belt across my chest right now about drives me batty.) Next summer the Harms family will be climbing some…… Continue reading Backpacking and Breast Cancer