A Year in Review
My heart was as heavy as the rain drops. Their relentless, steady flow was familiar. The ache in my chest a parallel. They didn’t stop...
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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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...
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...
The Disconnect
I haven’t written in exactly a month. Well, I’ve written fragments, thoughts and random strings of mostly coherent sentences throughout...
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...
The Motions of May
The familiar theme song played as I got cozy with Lily, my blanket and tea. V was in bed and I sat down to watch the Friends Reunion....
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...
Abate party of, I mean, grieving for three
I’d give anything to be making dinner reservations right now. That was something Joe and I did often. With family, friends or just the...
From feelings to thought
It’s 8:00 on Wednesday. Vienna’s asleep and Lily’s curled up next to me. With an hour before Real Housewives start, I’m sitting in front...
For Those Who Can’t
“We owe it to everyone we lost to live the life they can’t” - Grey’s Anatomy Let me start by saying I have actually never watched an...
The Day in December
I wrote this piece for Love What Matters website and I am so honored they have chosen to share. You can also read this on their site,...
All the Small Things
...true care, truth brings. No, just kidding. I’m not talking about that Blink anthem. But what I will say, is more often lately, it’s...
