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Oh my, time flies! I still remember when I wrote the blog post below. We were in the hospital and all very excited about Todd’s arrival!!  Today he turns 1 and this means the world to my sister because her first baby couldn’t make it pass 3 months. Todd has definitely been a blessing for her. Here…

There’s not a lot of things I wish I knew how it would have been if. On Saturday I had a moment as I watched a daughter danced with her father. I said to myself, “I do not know how that feels.” I was smitten by the precious moment these two were having and kept…

Last night I watched a re-run of Greys Anatomy and the following quote by Miranda Bailey inspired this post, “I’m busy holding myself together with tape and glue… you are too much for me right now because I am busy with the tape and the glue.” I loved it and understood what she meant. Sometimes in…

“A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master…” —…

There are moments in our lives when we miss someone so much it hurts. It hurts, it weighs and it drives us crazy. It may be a lost love, a lost loved one or a lost friend. When we miss someone we realize how much their presence means to us, how much of a difference…

This piece is from a conversation I had with one woman. At the end you may wonder what “it” is- I  leave that up to you to decide. She asked how it feels. She answered, “It feels like you cannot breathe. It feels like you are locked inside a box and cannot get out. You…

The wind and the leaves remind me of the fall. Both make me think of cooler weather, hot chocolate and comfy sweaters. Its heart warming. For one woman the wind and the leaves mean something else, something dark and unspeakable.  A moment that changed everything… A moment of humiliation and desperation. “The wind and leaves…