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Everything Has Changed (Within Me)
I was zoned out on a Peloton ride but suddenly slowed down my legs as the instructor’s words traveled from my ears to my brain, and then...
Dec 9, 20243 min read
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Am I Allowed To Cry?
TMI, but my dog definitely walked in on me in the bathroom today. She actually does it all the time, pushing her head against the door...
Oct 20, 20245 min read
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Stone Harbor, New Jersey
I am not what you would call a well-traveled person. Heck, I've never even owned a passport. But let me preface this by saying that I...
Sep 5, 20247 min read
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All The Things That Are Not Said
I started typing a text to one of my best friends, and then deleted it. A few minutes later, after thinking about how we've been...
Aug 16, 20247 min read
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Robin Williams
The one thing that having a diagnosis gives you, which is more valuable than almost anything else, is that it gives you an understanding...
Aug 12, 20243 min read
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Just Keep Swimming
Life is not always going to go as you had planned- tides change and things go in different directions. You can't stop the waves from...
Jul 28, 20245 min read
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Ten Years of My Life
I’ve shared before that I struggle with hearing the song Three Little Birds , now. At some point over the years, the song began to hit...
Jul 15, 20245 min read
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Moments You Never Forget
My daughter kept asking, “Is it time yet?” Each time I turned around from the couch and opened the blinds behind me, checking to see if...
Jul 5, 20243 min read
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How Is She?
My parents still live in my hometown. It’s one of the smaller townships in the North Hills, an area well known to suburban residents in...
Jun 27, 20244 min read
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It’s Been A Year
When you’re a kid, a year is marked by your age and grade level. Your days are all about living in the moment and having fun. You...
Jun 10, 20245 min read
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Beginning Our 8-Year-Old Era
When my daughter was born on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, I stayed up most of the night. I went back-and-forth between holding her in my arms...
May 29, 20246 min read
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I Don’t Think I Could Go Through It All Again
My daughter is notorious for asking me questions before bed. Not just simple ones about the next day’s weather or how many more days...
May 15, 20242 min read
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With a Broken Heart
You have losses that you never thought you'd experience. You have rejection and you have learned how to deal with that, and how to get up...
Apr 22, 20245 min read
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Forever Changed
If I told you all what I did at work the last two days, you’d probably cry. Then you’d say, I don’t know how you can do that. I know...
Apr 13, 20243 min read
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When the Sun Shines in Chicago
Ground yourself, sit with all of your emotions. And when the sun reappears, let it all go. When the sun shines in Chicago, there's this...
Apr 7, 20242 min read
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Alone with My Mind and So Many Songs
Just like many times over the last few years, I spent this weekend driving back-and-forth to Ohio to meet my parents and handoff my...
Mar 28, 20243 min read
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Heavy Hearts
For so many years, I was the girl who dreaded Valentine's Day. Obviously, it was because I was also notoriously single, up until I began...
Feb 16, 20245 min read
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My Chicago Chapters
Walking home from work at the hospital last Friday night, somewhere along a busy Greenwood Avenue, I had a recollection that took me back...
Feb 8, 20244 min read
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A Mind Full of Thoughts, Feelings, Worries, and What Ifs
My mind has been spinning with constant thoughts and indecipherable feelings over the past few weeks. I am guessing it's my anxiety...
Jan 15, 20244 min read
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Another Year, Another Day
This morning, after I poured a second cup of coffee, I laid in my bed and started scrolling through Instagram. Almost every post had...
Dec 31, 20232 min read
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