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Compassion in Charlotte
This week, I went away for a short work trip. On my way home, I was stuck in the Charlotte, NC airport for a few hours of a layover. I began to get a migraine – the smell of unshowered people eating their hamburgers made me nauseated and I was pumping myself with anti-nausea meds,…
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It’s Okay to Be Proud
Today is a day for me. I put my “baby” on a bus and sent him for his first day of Pre-K thru the Chesapeake public school. This may not seem like a big deal to most, and some people may be questioning this as he’s been in “School” since last year, but today was…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
