Many years ago, right before I got married, I created an email that reflected what would become my new name and the year that we were getting married. This has been the email that I have used for more than a decade. This is the email that has reflected who I was for those years.... Continue Reading →
Looking for Answers
As most bibliophiles (such as myself) will tell you, if you can’t find the answer to someting, then look in a book. (Forget that whole Google thing!) But what happens when what you’re looking for can’t be found in a book? If it can’t be found on the Google? How do we find the answers... Continue Reading →
A Perfect Union of Opposites
In a movie I was watching, one of the characters had a yin yang tattoo representing the perfect union of opposites. For some reason this line alone was what stood out to me about the film and got me thinking most. I think that more of us need to have a yin yang tattoo. Well,... Continue Reading →
The Universe Listens
Drifting along we can feel lost. Drifting along we can feel like we don't know what the next step should be. Drifting along is exactly that... But when you acknowledge where you are at, when you acknowledge that you want a change to happen - sometimes, the universe listens. The hardest part is knowing when... Continue Reading →
It’s Not You, It’s Me
I know, I know, that sounds like a really cliche and totally terrible break-up line. But it's not a break-up I'm thinking of, but instead the start of a new relationship. After you have been in a relationship for such a long time (say, 15 years or so?) and then it's gone, there's still a... Continue Reading →
Personal, Yet Universal
Recently I saw a drawing hanging up on a door, and above the drawing was the saying "All things personal are also universal." This statement has stuck with me since I saw it. Often, when things don't go right in our lives, we get stuck in a mindset of "why is this happening to me?"... Continue Reading →
Alone at Christmas
Lately I've been feeling sick. No, not Coronavirus sick (although that did cross my mind and I started looking up symptoms). I haven't been able to really eat since Thanksgiving, except after I exercise. I have a whopper of a headache that doesn't seem to abate. I have alternated between not being able to sleep... Continue Reading →
An Open Letter to the High School Class of 2020
My dearest seniors, As your teacher my heart breaks with you with the official announcement that in-person learning has been cancelled for the rest of the school year. I think we all knew that this announcement was coming, and yet I know we were holding out hope that we could have at least met for... 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 →
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 →
time of my life 