This post, is from my mom. The day after I returned to NYC, I woke up to find this beautiful letter from my mom waiting for me in my inbox. She asked me to put in on the blog. And I’m going to be honest, I’m getting anxiety hives thinking about pressing “publish” because…I don’t like writing positive things aboutContinue reading Words from A Wise Woman…
I had an experience the other day that really stuck with me: an encounter that stayed in my soul. Ever since my mom’s stroke, I feel like people can sense something different about me. It’s like, I’m walking around with this neon sign that says, Tell me your secrets, my life is in shambles! Something like that.Continue reading Blood Ties
I don’t know how it got to be today. How, after being home here for five months after my mother’s stroke, that I am packing up my things to return to NYC. I’m going to be honest, I haven’t even made it through the socks and underwear yet, and I’ve already cried twice. I was notContinue reading Asking to See
Have you ever been just drawn to something? And I’m not talking the bakery case at the grocery store. Or the shoe department at Nordstrom. I’m talking, a soul pull. A spirit attraction. Ever since I’ve been home during my mom’s stroke recovery, I’ve discovered a little place in our house that I keep finding myself sitting in.Continue reading Like Mother, Like Daughter
I did something I haven’t done in a while. I listened to an entire podcast in one weekend. Six episodes. Six hours. One highly entertaining and productive weekend. The show? Missing Richard Simmons. Yes, you read that right: Richard Simmons. As in, the eccentric, bedazzled tank-wearing exercise guru that made a killing through home dance workout videosContinue reading Finding Richard Simmons…
Well, here we are, trudging through May. Somehow, we’re already on the second week, and if you’re feeling like time is traveling at breakneck speed, then get in line. I’ve received a lot of messages from thoughtful, lovely humans asking how my mom is doing in her stroke recovery. And, honestly, she’s doing amazing. SheContinue reading Taking Myself Out of the Picture
Well, I just finished my book. I’ll hold for applause. Juuuuuust kidding. 🙂 Although, it is exciting, and I did a little happy dance last night to some Broadway show tunes to commemorate the occasion. But it’s been really interesting to have to go back. To put myself back in that place, ten years ago,Continue reading Permission to Let Go
Sometimes I am really blown away by people. In a good way. Not in a Kendall Jenner, Pepsi/Fyre Festival fiasco sort of way… But in a, wow, how did I get so lucky, kind of way. My best friend said the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me the other night. We were sittingContinue reading Recovery: 10 Years Later
It’s funny how life hits you over the head with some things sometimes. At least until you get the point. And let’s just say, I’m nursing a pretty big welt on my noggin from where I’ve been repeatedly struck. Metaphorically, of course. Although, at this rate, I wouldn’t be surprised if it becomes physical, too.Continue reading “The One That Got Away”
“13 Reasons Why.” The Selena Gomez – produced Netflix show that remade the YA fiction novel by the same name. The topic? Teenage Suicide. The “13 Reasons” refer to the 13 cassette tapes the victim, Hannah, left behind, explaining why each of the 13 people on the tapes were to blame in why she took herContinue reading The Negligence of “13 Reasons Why”
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