Did that take your breath away?It did mine. Quite literally.After back to back ER visits in December with a shortness of breath so short I couldn't string more than three words together without stopping to breath, I heard those life changing words; "You are in congestive heart failure." I'm 45 …
bouncing back.
It's funny...The things you learn while trying to impart wisdom on a child. Sometimes, if you're paying attention,it's you that needed to hear what you said. It's softball season and this year* that means I have THREE girls getting dirty on the field every week. It means farmer tans, …
why do I march?
I mean, really.Am I impacting anything?Is this affecting change?Why spend the time and energy marching?Is there any real hope for the future? Last Friday night I was wiped out. After a long week I was ready to phone it in for the weekend and just chill when our eight year old, Chloe, came running …
my kids are not colorblind.
I thought I had it right.I raised them the way I had been taught.We don't see color, we see character.But I think I did it wrong. After all, when I was growing up my mother started her own company in the late 80's and hired a black woman to be one of her Vice Presidents. We loved Rita. She was …
Open Letter To Jen Hatmaker
An open letter to Jen Hatmaker, (Well not totally open, just to those of you who follow me because I didn’t want to be all stockerish and send it to her directly. But yes I did tag her in it as well because, obvi.) I have never read anything you’ve written before beyond the length of a …
lent. as an agnostic.
How does a born and raised Mormon girl turned Agnostic, decide to celebrate the Christian practice of Lent as a 43 year old? Totally fair question. Allow me to backtrack for a sec. Every year I choose a single word or phrase to guide me that year in my goals and how I live my life. In the …
