Sometimes words don’t come. Sometimes it feels like the weight of the world is on my shoulders and I just can’t do it anymore. Sometimes I feel like I’m stuck on a hamster wheel, constantly going, but getting nowhere. The last few weeks I have felt empty. I’ve been carrying around a heaviness in my heart. This Friday marks two years since my mom passed away. This Saturday, my son turns…
Today was a day that I would flush away if I could. It started out on a bad note. I woke up late with only ten minutes until I needed to get my daughter on the bus. As I rushed out of bed, I stepped in a puddle of pee left from my aging dog. Screams. I yelled way too much as I rushed my daughter out the door scrambling to get to the bus…
My baby boy turns two years old in less than a month. Now when I look at my son, I smile, but it also takes me back to a place of deep darkness and chaos. March of 2020 was a roller coaster. That whole year was a roller coaster of emotions. My son was born just days before the pandemic shut down the country and just hours after my mom passed away. Talk about a…
To appreciate the light, you must walk through the darkness. To be whole, you must first be broken. That’s what I feel like the last two years of my life have been. Darkness and light and darkness and light. ‘Thy Will Be Done’ Having my faith throughout the last two years has helped me face the many challenging life circumstances I have had. March 11th and 12th of 2020 were life altering for me…
Ever since I was about ten years old, my dream was to be a writer. At first, I wanted to write children’s books. As I grew up my dream shifted to wanting to be a journalist. However, like everyone, my life took many twists and turns. Although I have yet to become a journalist or write a children’s book, I did become a mom; and that journey is where I think my real…