Dear Jessica (You Are Not Alone)
Up until this very moment, I had only admitted this to a few close friends, but the truth is the…
Continue ReadingUp until this very moment, I had only admitted this to a few close friends, but the truth is the…
Continue ReadingI was raised by a single mother. No matter the circumstance, it’s hard. It’s SO hard. Getting up alone. Making…
Continue ReadingGo through it. If you have found yourself broken and grieving the loss of someone you love, I want…
Continue ReadingMy first husband left me. He left our four sons in my care, though I had no say in the…
Continue ReadingCousins. Aunts. Uncles. Grandparents. Friends. Friends of the Family. Dad. Wife. I’ve known loss. If you are reading this, chances…
Continue ReadingCancer is a thief. It robs you of the life that you knew, your family’s life that they knew. It…
Continue ReadingHope. We had you. From time to time. The truth is though, you were more of a dream. Not a…
Continue ReadingMaybe it’s some unspoken, automatically assumed rule that moms aren’t allowed to be sick. I'm sure any parent can relate…
Continue ReadingIf there is ever a day (or week) to need a feel-good news story about the beauty that still exists…
Continue ReadingRecently, two separate women made what I consider inappropriate comments to me. The first was, “I wish I was a…
Continue ReadingOn this day. Four years ago. We became man and wife. I’ve cried hard many a day’s. This. One of…
Continue ReadingIn the days of old, and in other cultures even today, black garb and a veil (in a woman’s case)…
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