Two days ago would have been the 24th birthday of my incredible daughter, Linnea Rose Mills . So it feels extra special that today the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula Montana announced the February 14, 2026 world premiere of the documentary How to Kill a Mermaid: The Linnea Mills Story. Directed by Damon Ristau, the filmmaker father of one of Linnea’s best high school friends, the film will show at the iconic Wilma Theater, the festival’s largest venue. Here i

I’d like to introduce you to Sonny, my charismatic and unflappable “English Cream” retriever. His life has been epic, and I am beyond grateful for him Sonny came into our family’s life in 2018. Here he is on Linnea's graduation day in 2020, then after her death November 2020 he is carrying her memory at her tombstone and at Glacier National Park where Nick repeated her dive 3 years later. Nowadays, on the island in Washington State, Sonny and I are inseparable. When I get tog