Today, I experienced the power of an honest, brave moment with a friend. It was so cathartic that I had to share.  The transition from summer to back-to-school has been a little difficult for me. I woke up this morning feeling a little confused and exhausted. Why? I don't know. My boys have been in ... Read More

I ran across this window while on vacation, and I had this knee jerk reaction where I thought, "well, that’s the quickest way to be depressed". I know because I lived this way for awhile. It was all about me. I think it was a response to having zero time to myself when my kids were young. Or maybe ... Read More

How's your summer going?! Frankly, I'm needing a little bit of a boost. I think of making the turn into the last month of summer as a "push" moment (as Brené Brown calls it). I need someone to yell in my ear, "PUSH!," just as they do to mama's in labor- ha! August is when I usually have a summer ... Read More

I read a comment on Instagram in response to Kate Spade’s suicide that said, “How could someone who made so many people so happy be so sad?” The comment didn’t sit quite right with me, so I read it to a friend who was with me. She quickly said something like, it’s easy and not surprising. And that’s ... Read More

What did you see in my #ootd (pic above)? You probably saw a typical #ootd. But, do you know what I see? A hollow chest above my boob on the (your) right where I’m missing a pectoral muscle, and a boob that looks higher on the (your) left. For more than half my life I had one boob. I was born with a ... Read More