There is something fresh and still about Northern Michigan. The air smells clean, the soil feels alive and the sounds of nature, without fail, evoke a spiritual renewal. Alex says I am a different person when we go there. Me, the most anxiety filled person in the universe, I slow down.

Our recent road trip to Michigan was a whirlwind. We weren’t even there for one week. To be honest, we weren’t certain we would actually be going until 6 hours before we left. Our drive up took extra long thanks to a late night storm in Pittsburgh that stranded us in a hotel room for the night. All of this is without mentioning that summer vacation had barely begun (the work day hadn’t even ended). But we had people to visit and memories to make…. and my mom hasn’t looked happier.

And a group pic with my mom and Jim at their local wattering hole, Shorts Brewery, located conviently within stumbling-home-by-foot distance to their new house.

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