Live to Tell

We’ve all seen it, heard it, felt it at one time or another in our lives.  That voice in our head telling us we aren’t good enough, fast enough, strong enough, worthy enough, smart enough.  This list goes on and …

On the Absence of a Drowning…An Open Letter to Those Who Would Have Preferred That I Had Failed

I did not drown and I did not fail.  Somehow that disappoints you.  It’s always a surprise when something you have felt in your gut all along turns out to be true – not because it is unexpected, but rather because …

You’re Missing

Your house is waiting, your house is waiting For you to walk in, for you to walk in But you’re missing, you’re missing You’re missing when I shut out the lights You’re missing, when I close my eyes You’re missing, …

Changing the World Happens One Person at a Time

If you know me, you know this is one of my favorite quotes by an incredible man who spent his life doing things differently.  This quote set the tone for how I choose to live my life.  When a thing …

I Am Glad It’s You

I will always be thankful that it is you.  Before you came along, I obsessed about a world falling apart.  I dreamt about holes in the earth that were opening and swallowing up the things and the people I loved …

2015. The Year of Letting Go

The last year has felt like one major event after another on so many levels.  I think most of us feel that way.  Personally, 2015 has felt like the year I never quite caught my breath.  Life just kept unfolding in …

A Brief History of an Eternity

Is anything truly forever? Is eternity anything more than just a concept? All of the great artists, writers, musicians and philosophers have tried to articulate what it is and what it means, but the closest we come to understanding it is a tiny sea creature that gets no bigger that 5 mm in size. The eternal jellyfish is the only known species with the ability to rejuvenate itself over and over again, returning to its immature form after mating.

And Once the Storm is Over…

  Survival.  That is what the last year has felt like.  Yet I’m here, and for the first time in a very long time I can breathe.  A little over one year ago, I wrote these words on this blog: …

Rejected Resumes Anonymous…Stay at Home Moms Trying to Return to the Workplace – Part 1

      So far this week I’m up to 4 rejections.  Three of them I’m not so upset about.  Those 3 only ate up about 3.5 hours of my time plus a phone interview.  The fourth….that’s where I start …

Eleven Weeks

The sound of your voice is enough to rescue me from the fireball at the end of everything as long as you sit next to me we can burn I’ll follow you to the ends of the earth ~ The Fireball …