My Ever Upward Mothering
Exhausted; physically and emotionally to only be on a late flight home the Sunday before Christmas on December 21st, 2014. December 21st, one of my seared dates, a day I was supposed to become a mother two years ago, even though I now
Forever Changed, Never Fixed
Surviving loss, trauma and tragedy means we are forever changed. Thriving thereafter means we figure out how to be okay. Finding and moving ever upward means we figure out how to be better than okay. Things can and will get
Out of the Ashes
One week shy of 9 months after my dad's life changing fall off a ladder, my family has faced another life threatening and forever life changing tragedy. I have spent the last week along side Chad's family in Denver on
The Warm Embrace From the Club I’ll Never Belong To
I am practicing my patience, some days with gritted teeth and total white knuckles, but I am actively practicing it trying to relax in the hammock (I explain below I promise).
The Most Ironic Story of Ever Upward
It was a full circle weekend for me returning to the Emerging Women conference, this year in New York City.
Please Just Stop Trying to Make It Better – Part 3
Question Three of the Fertility Compassion Survey:
Please Just Stop Trying to Make It Better – Part 2
Our response to sympathy versus empathy
An Imposter and Fraud or a Forever Grieving and Healing Mother?
They turned up the lights after one song. We usually sing four amazing rock band like songs which is one of the many reasons I love our church. Then I remembered seeing the reserved seats walking in, "Reserved for families of
Choosing to Be Remade
I am not one to believe in the mindset of victim. I do not believe we are victims unless we choose to be.
