We’ve just finished the most magical time of the year; celebrating Jesus’ birth, the New Year, and all of the Ho Ho Ho’s you can handle. We’ve been to holiday parties for both sides of the family and even an 80th birthday party for my Grandma. I thought I was in the clear; that I’d [...]
Oofda!!! (Stop trying to change my word auto-spell, I don’t mean Ofuda or Oujda or Ouida or any other random words you think I’m trying to type. So, quit underlining my word in a red squiggle - you’re throwing off my groove. And beside Oofda is much cleaner than my other choice words for this [...]
I was sitting there at the table in Michigan, Huey Lewis and the News playing from Spotify – the song “It’s as Simple as That”. My brother David was on my right, my Dad and my husband Josh on the opposite side of the table. We were in the midst of playing a favorite card [...]
I was sitting there in her office. My shoes off, feet folded underneath me as I sat on the couch. A rather large stuffed dog with sad eyes was sitting next to me on my left, just chilling, staring at me. She said something, but I didn’t catch it, so I asked her to repeat [...]
I’m not sure why, but all it took was walking through the door of HyVee and spotting it, for the tears to flow… Rainbow Jello. Not just any Rainbow Jello; it’s the kind that comes in a plastic container shaped like a bunt cake; every color of the rainbow swirled around in glorious bliss. And [...]
When I was growing up, my family had a seasonal campsite at Robert’s Corey Lake Campground in Three Rivers, Michigan. The lake was just a few minutes walk or drive from our camper, but we also had plenty to explore when we weren’t near the lake. This part of Michigan has red sand. The sand [...]
I was sitting in her office. Listening as she told me to close my eyes and picture a time in my life when I felt safe and had no worries. I wanted to be so mad. I’d made it through so many therapy sessions without actually talking about feelings and I was not about to [...]
