Tomorrow begins the month of love. And let’s just be honest. When the month begins, we start either […]
Category Archive: Gratitude
So, here we are – almost in the month of December. The craziest month of the year. We […]
I love this time of year. I always jump on the gratitude bandwagon – I usually participate in […]
Dear birth mom,
You did the right thing.
I’m sure you’ve thought a lot about it – whether you should have given me up or not. Or maybe you don’t think about it at all. Maybe it’s too painful or you feel guilty about it. Regardless, you did the right thing.
You did the most selfless thing.
I am a mosaic. My teacher-ness sprouts from many pieces of teachering throughout a lifetime of being taught. And […]
I am blessed. Crazy blessed. Husband blessed. When I married my man 16 years ago on May 15, […]
Oh my, oh my, friends! Today I have been married 16 years! It is way beyond exciting – […]
It started like any other night on Christmas vacation. We had dinner together as a family, watched some […]
I have tossed the idea of this blog post around for quite some time. And to be honest, as I type these words, I am still unsure about clicking the “publish” button. Admitting to weakness is not only scary, it leaves me naked, bleeding, and vulnerable.
This was the eulogy I gave at my father’s funeral. After writing the blog post about his death, I frantically searched for the sweet journal I penned these words in just after he died. I sat on the closed crooked toilet in my bathroom and wrote desperately to get the words on paper.
This was the result.
