I can be an intensely private person with an overwhelming number of stressors to juggle. Sometimes its easier for me to gloss over my life in conversation with others than to try and find the words to describe the convoluted web I find myself in. If you found yourself nodding or otherwise relating to the… Read More Making Room for “Me Too”
My Sweet Child, We are finding ourselves once again in a familiar dance. The catalyst being the bruising of your tender places and the grand finale undoubtedly containing quite the bang. When you were young, I would sit in the middle of your room as you spiraled and raged around me. Silent and still, just sitting…waiting.… Read More Dear Hurting Child
I got two tattoos this past weekend. Because, you know, I’m cool like that.* One of them was on my ribcage, which, according to some, is a painful location to get tattooed. When the needle hit the thin skin over my ribs, it took my breath away. The artist stopped and looked up, “you ok?”… Read More Breathe Through the Pain
Confession: I am living a double life. Last Thursday as I was wrapping up my work from home day, I got a call that I needed to come into the office on my day off because the SEC wanted to speak with me. It was a “we need to talk” conversation to the tenth degree. My boss was kind enough to… Read More Learning to Roll with It
I’m going through an emotionally difficult time in my life (I’ll tell you more about that later). What I will tell you now is that I’m coming to the realization that I can’t do it alone. Believe me, I want to. I want to be able to stand on my own and dodge every… Read More This is What the Truth Looks Like: I Can’t Do This Alone
Truth be told, I’ve had some dark days lately. I’ve got something going on in my personal life that’s challenging me in many ways. I do plan to write my way through what I’m experiencing but today I just want to focus on some of the GOOD things in my life. 1. My daughter gives… Read More Looking for the Good When Things Feel Hard
There are a lot of people in my life suffering right now. I don’t know what it is, if something cosmically is happening, but a lot of people around me are having a hard time. My family has had some difficulties (our home was broken into, I had a personal medical emergency) but what we’ve… Read More What I Want My Daughter to Know About Struggle
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