• Kids,  Love

    Lessons From My Dad

    I’m honoring my dad, Dan Hossfeld, today by sharing some of his best life lessons: Finish your food or someone else will eat it Ohio State sucks Bald is beautiful Boxes of wine make for a great parallel parking course Don’t let your gas tank get too low in the winter or the gas will freeze Dave Matthews Band does have a few good songs Visors > hats The best way to mow the lawn is shirtless Naps should be 20 minutes long The best dessert is yellow cake with chocolate frosting The best way to read something is out load for all to hear The breakfast of champions is…

  • Kids,  Love

    Mom Appreciation Post

    Thank you to my mom. She is my supporter, manager, editor, friend, cheerleader, stylist, and photographer. She is the Lorelai to my Rory, minus all the annoying speed-talking. I am thankful for her and I know that I don’t always show it. Often, we take our anger or frustrations out on our moms because we know that even when we are jerks, they still have to love us. And often, we go to our moms for wisdom. We send them texts like, how do I wash this shirt? or do you like these boots? or how do I respond to this email? She always helped me with pageant paperwork and read over…