Author: Kristen

  • Gratitude in Captivity

    Gratitude in Captivity
  • Another Day, Another Year

    Okay, stay with me here… I never paid much attention to the whole concept of time and years. I think it has something to do with how long it takes the sun to circle around the earth – or is it the earth around the sun? I don’t know? I’m a nurse – these facts…

  • Birthday Texts in Heaven

    It seems almost daily since August 3rd of last year I am trying to figure out what is acceptable of my feelings towards my father who came suddenly into my life – then out again, abruptly…too soon….too painful. I constantly am wondering if I’m allowed to continue to be sad or heartbroken. Am I allowed…

  • My “Own” Ten Things For My Daughter

    My “Own” Ten Things For My Daughter

    I’ve recently seen these posts circulating around Facebook “ten things I want my daughter to know”. It’s totally sweet and pulled my heartstrings as I skimmed the words full of cliches… For a hot minute I considered reposting, but then I thought – those things aren’t completely what I want to pass on to my…

  • Loving the Good – More than Hating the Bad

    Do you ever have those days where you just sob most of the day and feel like you are FAILING at this mom thing? Like a big fat epic mom failure? No…? Okay, well, I have them. A lot. Let me tell you about my most recent one yesterday… Yesterday started off at the 6am…

  • A Thankful Fathers Day

    Oh Father’s Day. You’ve done it again this year. You’ve made me realize how lucky I am, yet broken my heart at the same time. You’re good like that. Today is a whirlwind of emotions. First and foremost I’m thankful. I’m thankful that 30 years ago, a wonderful man “picked me” and my mom. I’m…

  • Dancing in the Rain

    This won’t be a long blog… I just had a thought – an epiphany if you will, and I wanted to share. At this very moment, I’m sitting in seat 12A on my way to Texas. I wouldn’t have thought a few weeks back when I booked this trip it would be to attend a…

  • 7176 Hours of a Legacy

    7176 hours. That’s it. When you think about your favorite 1 hour TV show, or your lasagna cooking in the oven, or your wait in traffic or a roller coaster line. How quick that hour goes. That’s all I had. 7176 of them. This morning at 8:09 I was about to sneak out of the…

  • 11 Months Today

    11 months today…. I write this today, because I’ve been thinking for a little while about opening up about my little journey for the past 9 months. I was planning on waiting for one year. Just to make sure it was legit. But time is short and not promised. So I looked at my calendar…

  • Don’t Be Afraid…Mental Illness

    I wanted to take a few minutes to share something very RAW. Something that once I put out – I cannot take back. Something that I am only sharing in attempt to maybe help one person and not to “hide all of my ugly”.   Let me start out like this… Hi, My name is…