In my last blog post, I mentioned I was taking a poetry class focusing on women and how their bodies react to and carry trauma. My body has been dragging mine around since February 2014 and I’ve only now been…
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The Irony Of Time
I’ve often wondered what a midlife crisis would look like—and when it would happen. As a young adult, I pictured an abrupt, bold, seemingly catastrophic event during a specific time in one’s life—somewhere around the 50-year mark—that comes roaring in…
Grateful In April
As we begin a new month of quarantine, I was thinking about what I’m particularly grateful for today. And the word that keeps popping into my head is sickness, or the lack thereof. I’ve talked a lot about sickness when…
The Hard—And Scary—Side Of Parenting
Sometimes as a parent, we’re faced with unbelievably difficult (and often unthinkable) situations that both test and age us. My husband and I had one of those moments last night. But let me start from the very beginning. In early…
The Story Of A Preemie
I recently shared a post on Facebook in support of prematurity awareness. This movement is near and dear to my heart because my beautiful daughter—my first born—was a preemie. It’s not easy sharing this story. When you go through something…
The Sickness Blues
I complain about a lot of things when it comes to parenting and kids, but one of the worst things is sickness. UGH, just writing that word irritates me. Of course, no one enjoys being sick, but being sick as…