Author Archives: Crystal Tapelu

I’m not sure people knew that there were still countries that were covid free – but Samoa was one of them, up until last week. Well, actually, the case was caught only bc this person was traveling & needed a negative covid test to board a plane. Imagine the shock when it returned positive. ClearlyContinue reading “Covid finally hits Samoa 🇼🇸”

I know some are wondering about the name, or may ask in the future, so I’ll fill you in. Many years ago, in one of the darkest & hardest times of our marriage, we went to marriage counseling. During a session, our therapist asked us to think of a time when we were at ourContinue reading “Why “Tapelutopia” ?”

I’ve been talking forever about writing about our family in a blog & I just keep putting it off. I’m either too exhausted, too embarrassed on bad days to even think about writing anything “good” or overwhelmed by trying to make it perfect that years have gone by and not one post. So here itContinue reading “Jumping in & doing it”