Roseola. It is a mild virus with no lasting effects that can cause an extremely high fever to start suddenly, induce seizures and vanish just as fast as it came followed by a rash that is the last sign it visited your little one’s body. If I had known more about this very common virus […]

Yesterday on a walk down Fillmore a fever that I thought Phoebe would be able to work through spiked suddenly and she started seizing. Her sisters watched as she turned blue and I had 911 called. As the seconds of her not breathing ticked by, well, I cannot even write what I was fearing may […]

Over two years ago I read in Sunset Magazine about custom camping at Evergreen Lodge right outside Yosemite. You arrive with the tent all set up with sleeping bags and all the supplies you need right on site with a restaurant, general store, showers and lots of on-site activities. Since Sunset Magazine usually inspires me […]