16 March 2020

I cant. I just can’t today. There’s just too much. Last night, each dream was about losing our house, our livelihood, and our children . . . One kid was sick and we hid the news. One kid defied us and made other people sick. Our car fell into a bog. The house was in…

4 January 2020

I never expected to find a moment of self-discovery at 50. I intentionally stripped bare and ripped the layers of myself so far back to the very core, I was sure I’d die of exposure. By far, 2019 emerged as the most incredible year of my life. It was as self-discovery at 50 of a…

21 October 2019

Preparation for my upcoming trip was littered with travel expectations and extensive, more like obsessive, planning. France owned me. The kids made it clear they were over it. “All you think about and talk about is France,” my oldest repeated, deservedly irritated with a lack of parental attention. “What will you do when you don’t have…