It's been a year since I said goodbye to my Mom. About a month after she passed we would gather with friends and family and I would share my thoughts, both personal and those I collected, with her friends and family. In remembrance and to honor her this week, I thought I'd share the eulogy … Continue reading Time Will Come-The Eulogy
Milestone birthdays feel like they're supposed to be a big deal, and I guess they are because we make them feel that way. As I roll over into another decade of life, I’m experiencing a lot of introspection. What I’m not feeling is very wise, or old for that matter. What I am feeling is … Continue reading Figuring Out 50
Every day I do my best to live the values I claim to care about. For me, this is living in integrity, or showing up authentically, or whatever being who we say we are translates to in life. Compassion continues to be my true north, a value I deeply believe in. But it's not always … Continue reading Compassion
The number of days until my daughter, my first born and my favorite friend will leave home to start her next chapter in life. I've been doing count downs to moments before she even existed. Days until our next fertility attempt, days until we find out if it worked. The longest count down of my … Continue reading 86 Days
On this day my daughter almost drowned and I needed support to manage the trauma from this event
The moment I decided that the only way to save myself was to listen to my own needs and take ownership of fulfilling them.
This entry will have no fun pictures and will probably be the hardest thing I've written to date. It has taken me over two years to sit down and start this story. One reason it’s so difficult is because its complicated, people are complicated, and this is my version and only mine. Oddly I'm starting … Continue reading Across The Street
Today is my Dad's birthday so it may feel a bit odd that I'm about to share the details of his death. But there's something I want to share from my Dad to celebrate him. Most of these are my words but more importantly I plan to share his. He would be 75 years old … Continue reading Give Me Feet- T.W. Stewart
When we are little, we're often asked to write about our role models or who we would most want to be like when we grow up. My answer was always simple, and it was always the same. Even when I started my first corporate job, I was asked to answer this question and still, at … Continue reading She Is Everything
We are the lucky ones AND we are starting to crack. As a family that leaned into social distancing in our comfortable house with enough space for all of us that includes a couple acres to get out and play, we are indeed fortunate, but we are also bored and tired of one another. I … Continue reading Looking Forward in 2020
"I got this" 