So often life is reduced to platitudes:"Time heals all wounds""It's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all""Nobody can make you happy until you are happy with yourself first""Happiness comes from within""Happiness is not trying or finding, it's deciding" While there is some wisdom to be gleaned from these sayings...it's... Continue Reading →
We Have to Fail, Before We Can Succeed
During the Fall semester, my students were writing for our memoir unit. And once again, I had shared with them pieces that I have written. (If you haven't read, I wrote about the post "Be Brave. Still Believe." a couple years ago.) But when it came time for them to write their own memoir pieces,... Continue Reading →
Finding Our Inner Light
I was reminded recently that each of us has a light inside of us. It is this light that shows us the best parts of ourselves and guides us to be the best person we can be. It is so easy to forget about that light when life gets difficult. We allow the darkness of... Continue Reading →
We Are Not Who We Once Were (Hopefully…)
Everything seems the same and yet everything is different. A death, a divorce, a disagreement, a loss of any kind, a pandemic...A move, a new hobby, a good book, a puppy, a new relationship... Any time we experience something new in our lives (good or bad, big or small) it affects us and changes us... Continue Reading →
Beauty in Difficulty
Divorce is hard.Therapy is hard.Collecting the pieces of yourself is hard.Life is hard. And yet - each and every one of these things, each difficult thing we face is beautiful. (I'm sorry, what?!) It's true. In the midst of each one of our difficult moments, they suck - and they suck hard. But when we... Continue Reading →
Discovering Who You Are
As soon as I wrote the title for this post, "Who Are You" by The Who popped into my head. While that wasn't my intention, it's certainly relevant to this post. So, in order for all of you to share in the song being stuck in your head as well, enjoy: (P.S. You don't have... Continue Reading →
Whether You Know It or Not
When we are willing to open up and share, others become willing to do the same. As I wrote in a much earlier blog post - I created this blog not only for myself, but for those who read it as well. My hope has been through sharing my own story, others would see theirs... Continue Reading →
What’s Your Story?
Every person you meet has a lesson to teach, a story to tell, and a dream to share.Robin S. Sharma If there's anything I've learned through my separation and eventual divorce, it's that everyone has a story - one that they don't always want to tell, one that they might not show to the world.... Continue Reading →
It’s Not All Holly and Jolly
We have officially reached the end of the Holiday season. And as I'm sure many of you saw on different social media sites, the holidays are not always happy and joyful for everyone. This was true for me this year but it wasn't consistent. I loved having time to simply be with my family. I... Continue Reading →
Rediscovery
I haven't written anything since the divorce was finalized. I thought my mind would be overflowing. I thought my mind would have more to say than I knew what to do with. On some levels this has been true. But on some other levels, it's like I've had nothing more to say. I think some... Continue Reading →