Cake for Breakfast is Okay: Five Years and Lessons Learned
Five years… that’s how long it’s been since I lost my best friend, my dive buddy, my penguin, my love, my true north… Five years …
Winter’s Wrath: College, Too Much Snow, and One Stupid Groundhog
Wow! Has it really been over a month since I last posted?! It doesn’t seem that long, and yet, we are already almost halfway through …
When Life Gives You Lemons, Plant Hope
Welcome to 2026! As we begin this year in earnest, I’ve thought a lot about how this past year has been – things we’ve done, …
The Many Helpful and Non-Helpful Ways I’ve Coped with Grief
“What types of coping skills have you tried and were there any that stood out as being particularly helpful or particularly harmful to you?” I …
Homage to the Generation That’s Been Thirty for Forty Years
I was on a cruise last week with a bunch of GenXers! Now, I realize that I am solidly a GenX, but I still think …
The Big C Has Met Its Match
“Well, fuck! I have cancer! Fucking Cancer!?!” This was the first thought I had when I found out just over a month ago that I …
Guiding Mom as She Charts a New Course
What a busy couple of months I’ve had! It feels like I haven’t had time to do much of anything, and I know I have …