Traveling has always made my heart sing, ever since I was young. I never realized I liked history until I went to Spain for the first time, it gave me a different appreciation of culture and history that we just don’t have here as much. Now, travel is a chance for my brain and body to rest from the trauma, as I was reminded during our honeymoon to Greece.
Continue readingIt was Jesse’s birthday yesterday, he would have been 39. He has been on my mind a lot over the past few weeks, something I often don’t share.
Continue readingYou may have noticed I have not posted in the last couple of weeks. The last two Tuesdays have been about 14+ hour days, and for my sanity, I needed to not add anything else to my to do lists. It has also been another few weeks of roller coasters. Continue reading
You have seen over the last few weeks me in an extremely focused mode, going from one task to the next. The past week has been interesting as time closes in on this 4th anniversary. Continue reading
How do I even summarize the last week? Whiplash. I had arbitration last Wednesday and Thursday on Jesse and Bella’s case from the car accident in 2013… Continue reading
Seriously already. Continue reading
I found out Sunday that my favorite uncle passed. I felt the familiar buzzing sensation, weakness in the knees, and then nausea. His name was Vito Speziale, and if you doubted my Italian heritage, you won’t now. The world has lost two amazing men in a matter of months, two father figures, one literal, and one who I have looked up to since I was a child. Continue reading
The holidays are over. Thank goodness. I am hoping the next few weeks will allow me to catch up and not be crippled by the roller coaster the past couple of months have been. I am coming back today after over a week off from work. I responded here and there to some emails, but mainly took this time to be as quiet as I could and allow some of the grief for my dad, and get through the holidays. Continue reading
I have had such an extreme of emotions over the past two weeks, it is kind of astonishing and exhausting. The range has been from sadness to joy and it has been a roller coaster whipping me this way and that, much like the wind does with a leaf on a blustery day. Continue reading
Nervous and excited! That was beautifully coined by a good friend of mine recently. Continue reading