Alone in a crowd

Alone in a crowd

Are you surrounded by people and yet feeling completely alone? Funny how that works. Hundreds of people around you but you can feel like you are entirely on your own. The urge to belong is calling like a lighthouse beacon. It comes around and then passes over and...
The grief of letting go and saying goodbye

The grief of letting go and saying goodbye

There are many times in life when we have to let go and say goodbye. We may not even realize it. We go about our day, our lives and something is there yet we don’t know what it is. We try to keep going, we put one foot in front of the other but there is...
Raising teens (and tweens) is not for the faint of heart

Raising teens (and tweens) is not for the faint of heart

Do you ever lock the car, start walking away and think, “I could keep walking”? Do you pass by your house and keep driving? I remember hearing stories about moms leaving their kids; I used to think, “How could a mom leave their kids?” I know that answer now. Sometimes...
Finding G

Finding G

The other day, my mentor asked me what my motto was. I answered, “Fuck Fine!” Then, he asked me how I was doing that lately. Talk about hitting hard – mind you that is why I have him in my life. Here is the deal, I have not been living up to my motto. I have not been...
Having it all

Having it all

I don’t think you can have it all. I believe it’s a myth. Those were my thoughts until a friend mentioned a different point of view a few days ago. “You are thinking of having it all at some specific point in time. I think you can have it all...