

Recovery, The Process
Many of you know my story. Today, it appears I am “recovered.” I am at a healthy weight for my size, I eat normal meals and don’t have...
On Death & Living
My family is having the difficult reality of death creeping upon one beloved family member. The reality is, death is inevitable. But how...


Curious Woman
If you’re a curious woman, don’t be with someone who will answer all of your questions. If you’re a curious woman, chances are, you are...


Marriage and Wildness
Marriage and wildness. If you ask my husband, he will say I am the wild one. Wild, in the sense that I cannot be told what to do, you cannot
On Identity and Sports
I’ll introduce myself: former volleyball student-athlete. In high school, I was successful in my sport, and there was no doubt in my mind...


What You Bring With You
What you come with is not something that people should have to learn to “deal with.” What you bring every day is not your burden. It...


The Busy Perspective
I posted recently on Facebook about overbooked schedules and the perspective we take on that. I also know there has been a bit of...
Life's Characters
I’ve finished reading a book on, well basically, life. Life, I realize, is not a basic term. It’s broad and eclectic and when I think of...


Maribor, Slovenia: Mountains of/and Sausage
Oh, Slovenia! This bus ride was beautiful, but I must stop saying that because, if reincarnation exists, I’d become a piece of Europe’s...


Prague & Vienna: Bread & Sausage
The only time I had been to Europe was when my oldest sister Kelsey was a flight attendant. She had a few days off in December and said,...