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 …
A Daughter’s Swan Song to The Band Director
How do you sum up 55 years into five to ten minutes? This is a question I’ve been asking myself over the past few days, …
Still A Daddy’s Girl at Double Nickels: A Story of Love and Connection
I spent last weekend in Tampa at a Storyteller’s Workshop with other widows and adult children who have lost a hero, and one of the …