Sometimes you have to grow up in one afternoon.  Maybe in an hour. 5 minutes, even.  I wonder why we are not given longer. Why

When Mother Nature knocks on your door, you get down on your knees and pray.  You pray for your family, your self, your neighbors, the

What would it take to live the life of your choosing.  Not of your dreams, even.  But of your choice.  And then, when you dare

Today is Eric’s 50th birthday.  My second husband’s birthday.  This morning I woke up grateful for him being alive.  Breathing. Moving. Being here to celebrate

Birds are brave.  Not because they fly too high, but because they fly too close.  Too close to our homes and us.  In the last

Lately, it feels like every day introduces us to a new intense feeling, doesn’t it? One of the reasons why everything feels more intense than

We are so alone. Aren’t we? Inside the chaos, the uncertainty. The longing.  We find ourselves in a crowd of strangers. Especially now. Right in

I have to be honest.  It is a hard day to write.  I am sitting here looking for the words and the events of the

I know this last year felt like a rollercoaster that kept dropping you.  With no bottom. An indefinite drop.  Your head couldn’t catch up.  Your

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live” my favorite author Joan Didion often reminds me. As I am putting words on paper for the

It is ok if some things that are meant to be easy, feel hard to do.  Don’t compare yourself to others.   If something feels hard,

I don’t know how it comes back, but it does.  It comes knocking on your door.  Even though you can barely notice it at first.