“Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.” ― Jack Kornfield This will be my final post for SandBookWich. I feel a multitude of emotions writing those words. On a fateful summer day in 2009 my brother Casey and I were sitting on the back deck at The Brewhouse Pub & Grille in Helena, Montana. We...

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This post is sponsored by Metro Decatur Dental Group PC Make it Count in the New Year Hey everyone! I hope you all are having a great month of January, so far. We are officially rocking 2018 and I hope you are on your way to make your dreams happen this year! I know for me, personally, I have a lot of financial and work goals on my list for 2018. I also have quite a...

My husband, Spencer, is close to completing his three-year Internal Medicine residency. The time has come for the last crazy loop on the roller coaster; we are moving at breakneck speed toward the finish line. The first year I was overwhelmed. The tears, they flowed freely. The second year, I was mostly pissed. The schedule and some of the staff were a complete...

2017 was the first time that I was retired for the full calendar year. Couple that with The Doc being knee-deep in residency, and I had some serious time on my hands. Time enough to read 102 books, apparently. I am sure that this is a feat that won’t be repeated by me any time soon. We have a bunch of life coming at us in 2018, and I am fairly certain there...