This years holy week coincides with a very special day for me. Today, exactly 7 years ago, my husband and I went on our first date. So much had led up to this day. Years of admiration and affection, buried deep and left unspoken, finally given the room to breathe, to grow, to be known, …
Hope for the New Year.
Hello again. It’s been a while. I’m sitting here at my favorite coffee shop, a steaming mug of nutty El Salvador coffee to my left and this beautiful, blank screen in front of me. “Here comes the Sun” by the Beatles is playing and Christmas lights in the rafters twinkle around me. I am grateful …
Cancer of the Heart.
“If only we wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.” — CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU A couple months ago, I posted a poll on Instagram asking my followers the question- “If you could, …
Remember to Surrender.
This year has started out a lot differently than I expected.A lot less skiing.A lot more kleenex. Allow me to explain… In the first week of January, I lost my Grandfather. And the following week, I came down with a severe cold turned sinus infection that I am still not fully recovered from. For most …
My Top Poems and Posts of 2022.
Snow is falling outside my window, “Way Maker” by Leeland is playing from my speaker, the wax melter my sister bought me for Christmas is filling my apartment with a lovely pine scent and I just finished an americano I made with the espresso machine my husband gifted me. In this moment, I am at …