What is the best way to start writing about a global pandemic? As a writer, that is a question I never thought I would ever have to think about, that’s for sure. I have felt the need and desire to express all the thoughts and emotions building within me over the last 4 months. But … More Processing A Pandemic While the World Tries to Keep on Spinning
When you are a words person, you have moments throughout your day where you think “that would make a great book title, blog post, etc”. I have decided if I ever write a marriage book it will be entitled something similar to: “We Fill the Ice Trays Differently”. It seems like such a simple thing, … More We Fill the Ice Trays Differently
The last 10 days have been some of the most terrifying and challenging days, and yet somehow also some of the most reassuring days I’ve lived in my 33 years. 10 days ago I went to a doctor for a lump on my neck. A pretty large lump that had many of us concerned. He … More When You Can’t Take A Sigh of Relief Just Yet…
I am sitting here waiting for Owen to wake up from his nap. Yes, he will be five this summer and he still naps. I like to think of it as a sweet gift God gave me because the first 18 months of his life he did not sleep through the night (like not even … More I’m Raising Him While He is Growing Me
Books surrounded me full of unique insights and well studied pages. To say that the personal library of Thomas Jefferson is majestic is unfair and inaccurate. Those books, his mind, are detailed, beautiful, and in some ways indescribable. As I stood in awe of his library, I wandered around simply trying to soak in the … More Doubting God
In 137 days I get a fresh start. In 137 days God has given me the gift of entering into marriage. Again. This isn’t an average marriage that I’m choosing. It’s a second marriage that not only comes with a lot of emotional baggage, it also comes with a really adorable and highly energetic four … More A Fresh Start (Without a Guarantee)
It’s been awhile since I have let the words flow. Although I still journal numerous times throughout the week and see a therapist to help process life, I have missed putting words out into the world. Lately I’ve felt the words inside asking to be heard by the world again. I realize I’ve been hesitant … More Joy and Sorrow Intertwined
It’s 6:41 p.m. on a Thursday. I’ve cried 3 times today and it’s not even bed time. Nothing unusual has happened today. I have just felt extra emotional. I am a feeler; a deep, extra- sensitive feeler. Over-sharing, uncontrolled crying and intense feelings have been a part of my life for as long as I … More It’s Okay to Cry
It feels like a lifetime. It feels like yesterday. Two years to the day have come and gone since my marriage ended. Truthfully, I have been anticipating and dreading this day for the last few months. I am overly sentimental, which can lead to beautiful and thoughtful moments, as well as painful ones. Today is … More What I Want to Remember on the 2 Year Anniversary of My Divorce
The clouds have finally parted after days of incessant rain. And yet, here I am sitting at my computer with sorrow sitting deep in my bones. It was a simple image, one that should be celebrated. Owen and I pulled into our driveway from Trader Joe’s and there they were. A couple innocently and joyfully … More Riding the Grief Wave
Life of Owen 