I am a passionate poster on social media. Like clockwork, you can expect several updates a week about my family, local events, new finds, and books. Recently, I had a friend reach out to me who talked about how...
As a part of my online workout community, I was asked to complete a mini-challenge: Tell me 10 things you love about yourself. Simple, right?
Wrong. I stared at the blank screen and could not come up with anything. I...
Isolation feeds my depression. Inside of it, I wallow and the emptiness drags me deeper and deeper into a hole of hopelessness and sorrow.
It is in that deep, dark place of loneliness, where I lose my every will to...
I was hunkered down on my bathroom floor, numbly scrolling through my phone when I got a text from my husband. “Is everything ok?” I looked at the time and realized I’d been in there over 40 minutes. Apparently,...
Go ahead. Call me crazy, but you can only call me half crazy. That’s because I just signed up for my first half marathon.
I’m excited, nervous, and only slightly freaking out.
Training is still in the early stages but has...
My friends call me a hippie. Some have called me Earth Mother, but I say I am just crunchy-ish. Yes, I enjoy the natural life. I nursed my only child for 14 months. I baby wore and cloth diapered...
I live with chronic pain.
Six years ago, barely one month after my husband and I said “I do”, I was in a terrible car accident that occurred while I was driving home from work one evening. I took my...
Do you ever feel like you just want to opt-out?
As clear as yesterday, I remember the day my husband was diagnosed with cancer. And again, as if it were happening this very minute, I remember every detail from when...
Our nation's pandemic is calling for social distancing, leaving many of us at home with our own families. But what about those who are isolated by themselves?
Many seniors in our community who reside in assisted living homes are having...