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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


Believing in a Christmas Miracle
We found ourselves home on Thanksgiving due to illness, so to brighten my daughter's spirit, we decided to spent our day putting up the...
Dec 14, 20234 min read


I Remember It All (Too Well)
It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with...
Dec 2, 20233 min read


When You Learn What Thankful Really Means
Being grateful does not mean that everything is necessarily good. It just means that you can accept it as a gift. Roy T. Bennett With...
Nov 25, 20233 min read


Fifteen Years in Chicago
The best kind of humans are the ones who stay. R.M Drake Just before I left work today, I chatted with two of my new colleagues. Both of...
Nov 18, 20233 min read


The Right Place at The Right Time
At the right time, at the right place, God will show up. Do not give up now. Gift Gugu Mona I told myself that when I started working...
Nov 4, 20233 min read


The Gift of Time
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. (J.R.R. Tolkien) I absolutely love this time of year. The changing...
Oct 25, 20233 min read


Learning to Let Go & Trust in God's Plan
This week I had coffee with one of the wonderful nurses that I worked with this past year, at the hospital that I was laid off from...
Oct 20, 20234 min read


My Marriage Era: In Sickness & Some Health
This past weekend, I headed back to the East coast for a friend's wedding in my beloved Ohio. There were so many potential opportunities...
Oct 10, 20233 min read


Raising Awareness for Frontotemporal Degeneration
When a family sees someone with this illness, they don't recognize them. This is not— the person I married that I love. This is not my...
Oct 5, 20234 min read


Why Do Things Happen The Way They Do?
Does everything really happen for a reason? And is that reason something that we can only understand in hindsight, possibly even weeks,...
Sep 30, 20233 min read


Bittersweet Goodbyes
There's something about the sound of packing tape that brings on a certain excitement about moving into a new home. I've heard it...
Sep 27, 20233 min read


The Ocean & Me
For as long as I can remember, I have dreamed of living in a beach town. It was always Stone Harbor, New Jersey, because for a while it...
Sep 23, 20233 min read


Your Truth is the One Thing You Always Have
One of the last times I wrote, I mentioned how I struggled on my anniversary. This was not meant to be disrespectful to my husband at...
Sep 9, 20233 min read


If I Had Forty Wishes, Or Even Just One
Tomorrow, I turn forty-years old. I'm in a bit of disbelief, mostly because it doesn't feel like it was that long ago when I was in...
Sep 7, 20232 min read


You’re Not Alone, But You Are
This morning, my daughter woke up and came straight into my bed. "Happy Anniversary!", she said. I gave her a hug, rolled over, and fell...
Aug 16, 20234 min read


Nine Years of Rebecoming Me
The other night I sat outside with a friend, talking like we usually do with topics going back-and-forth between parenting the kids, our...
Jul 24, 20233 min read


It's Just All Too Much
After losing my job last month, I decided to seize the opportunity to join my daughter on her annual summer trip to spend time with my...
Jul 9, 20234 min read


How Is Your Heart?
"How is your heart?" I read this in a Facebook message from a now-former colleague a few days ago, after she learned that my position was...
Jun 16, 20233 min read


Keep Going
The other day was quite a day. It was a day that started off with mama cuddles before the alarm and fifteen attempted calls to a radio...
May 25, 20232 min read