I Stayed
My husband has a big story. He speaks with a big voice, carries a radiating presence and is generally surrounded by a big old group of...
A blog to create space
My husband has a big story. He speaks with a big voice, carries a radiating presence and is generally surrounded by a big old group of...
I have no idea what the internet thinks about me, but I’m starting to take subtle hints. I get ads upon ads for “empowerment coaches” and...
I think about relationships a lot. How we interact with each other has always been interesting to me, and marriage is probably the more...
I forgive you. Loaded words, right? These words don’t erase pain, but they do allow space for growth. They create a little tiny...
Ok, I need to be honest with you, I put that title in there to get you to read this. I’m sorry. I tricked you. I put it there because I...
Ten years ago, on my lunch break from some Corporate job I hated, I married a man I adored. I didn’t have a beautiful dress or a...
Today, an Angel spoke to me. Ya’ll, let's get clear on something.....Angels don’t always look like how the world has depicted...
I’m sitting in a brewery listening to a man singing about love, having a beer and feeling a bit sad. I can’t pinpoint what it is, but I...
Valentine’s Day is a little strange, isn't it? A day to celebrate love. Just one. This day started out intended as something way...
I’ve heard a lot of people talk about 2020 as a complete disaster, “a dumpster fire” if you will. I get it. This year has brought up a...
I still remember so clearly the first time I made myself throw up. The details are like an old plot of a familiar storybook I could...
I’ve been fading away a little over the last few weeks. My voice has left me, my head has floated up somewhere well above the clouds. The...
Yesterday, my husband and I celebrated the anniversary of our marriage. Nine years ago, on a Monday, on my lunch break, we stood in front...
I have this friend, Beth (she will probably be mortified that I’m writing this, as she’s not someone that needs or wants this level of...
I’ve been on an airplane a lot lately, and listened to countless flight attendants say “please don your own mask before helping others”....
I’m writing this because I don’t know any other way to make sense of my world right now. Things are so up in the air. I’m truly living...
I talk to a counselor every week. Ok, I’m lying...I have two counselors I talk to. I mean, why not right? For real, ya’ll...why not? It’s...
Tonight I sat in a hospital room, and watched the sun set through the window. I looked down at the tiny people playing soccer and...
Today I was thinking a lot about joy. I used to think of joy as huge; this giant feeling that was the peak of the human experience....
For a year, I’ve been quiet. For 12 months, my breath wouldn’t come. It still won't. My words got stuck. Little by little, I have added...