Wedding Vows
I vowed to love you, to honor you, til death do us part. Turns out, I lied. It was the coldest day out of that unseasonably warm...
The Day in December
The day my world shattered
I spent my childhood sketching wedding dresses and dreaming up my future. By 29 years old, I was living the life my nine year old self had planned. And then in an instant, with two small words, life as I knew it was over. My husband was gone and he's never coming back. I live each day navigating the aftermath of loss, the real, the raw, the ugly and the bittersweet.
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Today on your Birthday
Does it still count as day dreaming if you actually lived it? If the images that build as your eyes glaze over and your stare gets...
Napa Mountains
It was the mountains. Majestic peaks and jagged edges, they stared at me in the most intimidatingly, powerful, peaceful way. To be both...
The Gift of Our Family
It’s July 4, 2021 and I find myself wondering, what is it like? What is it like on the eve of your first and only child‘s first birthday...
Father’s Day Eve
It’s Saturday night. Vienna is sound asleep and Lily is curled up in bed. The rain mixed with the white noise of her Hatch through the...
Forever Home
It’s not the house that makes the home, it’s the people and the memories that live there A thought to live by. A thought to take comfort...
To Be Reminded of Good
This weekend was Valentine’s day. A day typically reserved for romance, dinner reservations and little velvet boxes. A holiday for...
Considerate Grief
I started writing and getting my thoughts out on paper within days of Joe being gone. Some thoughts written in those first few days or...
The Fear of Forgetting
How long does it take, to learn about someone. Their likes and dislikes, goals and dreams. To know their fears, their insecurities, their...
