Time is a funny thing. When we were young, it went by slowwwwwly. Adults said, just wait, when you get older, time will fly. Guess what, they were right. I feel like in a blink of an eye, 2018 went by at a speed that was unreal.
Continue readingI think of them all the time, there is not a day that passes that they don’t enter into my mind. She more than him, popping in, making my heart stop for a moment, it building up the walls to the emotions that threaten it. In addition to the everyday, there are those touchstone days that happen throughout the year that add another layer, Christmas is one of those.
Continue readingWe all have to-do lists. For me, it keeps me somewhat organized: running a business, doing advocacy work, getting ready for the holidays, throwing surprise parties, etc. But there are those items that are super hard. Like, I don’t wanna hard. And FYI, there are some details in this you may not want to read if you are sensitive. Not many and not graphic, but being one who is sensitive to things, trying to be empathetic to others. Continue reading
I have spent a lot of time recently working on gratitude. It can be tricky, as most things in my life. Yet, study after study shows that when you take time each day to focus on it, it can help with depression, outlook, hopelessness. Ironically, when you are struggling with those things, it can be next to impossible to grasp at.
Dear one, if you only knew and believed how much I love you
“Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with your love. It humbles my heart, for you are everywhere.” – an adaptation by Guillermo del Toro of a translation made by Priya Hemenway of an original poem by Hakim Sanai
I can count on one hand how many days since Jesse and Bella died in 2014 that I have had motivation and energy for an entire day. It actually astounds me that I have gotten as much done as I have. Continue reading
I have mentioned in many a post how I have been waiting for my kid’s grief to come to the surface, as it inevitably does for all of us at some point or way. Over the past few months, it has been bubbling to the surface. It is heart breaking as a parent when we see our kid in pain and can’t take it away or make it better. Today was no different. Continue reading
Yesterday was World Suicide Prevention Day. Did you know that? What do you do for it? Did you even know it was a “thing”? Continue reading
As I scroll down my Facebook feed at all the back to school pictures, I am left wanting and conflicted. Continue reading