And Just Like That, Our Nest Is Empty
And just like that, our nest is empty. People always say it goes to fast, but it did not go very fast for me. It has been a long, messy, glorious journey. I married at 19, had my first baby…
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And just like that, our nest is empty. People always say it goes to fast, but it did not go very fast for me. It has been a long, messy, glorious journey. I married at 19, had my first baby…
It was five years ago April 17th that the phone rang in the middle of the night and our world darkened into chaos and devastation. It was five years ago in the middle of a blizzard that I…
It has been 10 years since I have seen this red dirt, smelled the burning trash, wondered how people survive in the stifling heat that you can never find relief from. The heat surrounds you like a cocoon. The African…
I was in the States a few months ago when a young police officer was shot down miles from where I was staying in Colorado. He was just 30 years old, and he left behind a young wife and two…
I’ve heard it said that you never forget where you were or what you were doing when an event occurs that changes everything. Growing up in the 70s and 80s, I had little reference for large scale traumatic events that…
This summer I found myself sitting in a dark theater with my husband and a hundred or so other Americans looking for some entertainment on a Friday night. However, about 10 minutes into Wonder Woman the movie, I started crying.…
We are in the midst of a movement; after you read this, please consider sharing with your networks and joining us, thank you! Last week I flew into Colorado Springs, the place where our family lived for over 20 years— where…
Social media makes everything seem easier, appear more glamorous, and look more beautiful than it really is. Pregnancy and motherhood are made to look like a professional magazine layout when you are scrolling through Facebook, but it rarely reveals the…
I was taught to hold on. Hold on to my family, hold on to my comfort, hold on to my life. I was sure I had missed something, or done something terribly wrong when everything I loved and everything I…