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I Want Everyone Together. Maybe Their Own Address.
I told someone today that I am okay with my kids having their own lives, homes and spaces. There. Mother of the Year. I love my kids. Deeply. Fiercely. Probably annoyingly. I also like them differently, not better just differently now that they have their own homes. Apparently twenty-some years of motherhood has taught me that…
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Can I Just Have One Ordinary Week? On Chronic Illness, Marriage, and Survival Mode
Some seasons don’t bring one crisis. They bring five at once. Marriage, work, children, health, and healing all seem to demand attention at the same time. Sometimes the bravest thing you can say isn’t profound at all. Sometimes it’s simply… “Bahhhhh.”
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The Cardinals, the Coffee, and the Chaos Garden: On Grief, Marriage, and Signs
Grief showed up this morning as two cardinals at my window, a hot cup of coffee, and the memory of a woman who taught me that love spreads best when you let it.
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Nobody Told Me Migraine Could Make You Grieve Yourself: On Chronic Illness and Identity Loss
Nobody told me migraine could look like dementia. Nobody told me it could steal my words, my balance, my memory, my confidence, and the version of myself I knew how to be. This is the part of chronic illness people do not talk about enough — grieving who you were while you are still alive.
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I Don’t Miss My Sisters the Same Way: On Grief, Distance, and Complicated Family
Sometimes family doesn’t leave cleanly. Sometimes it stays in your body as fear, warmth, memory, and grief all at once.