Women Writers Who Rock
Three talented women. Three different points of view. All full of awesomeness, grit, and grace. These modern day rockstars shared with me what led them to write, their favorite personal piece they’ve written, and the...
Three talented women. Three different points of view. All full of awesomeness, grit, and grace. These modern day rockstars shared with me what led them to write, their favorite personal piece they’ve written, and the...
I think everyone needs one person. I have been blessed for over three-fourths of my life to have two. I was lucky to meet them in the fifth grade when my Dad’s job in the...
For people with eating disorders, it’s not how others see them that counts. It’s how they look at themselves. June 5 My gymnastics coach told my mom my I was too big for the sport....
It feels like it has been forever, but also like it was just yesterday. It’s the halfway mark of the military deployment, and it goes so fast and yet, oh…so…very…slow…In a nutshell, here’s how it...
They may look normal, but they don’t hear normal. If you speak in a quiet voice, they can not hear you. When they are in a place with background noise, it is tough to hear...
Lately, it seems like I have been challenged to do a lot of hard things. Some by choice and others out of lack thereof. Take getting my son, who has bilateral cochlear implants, through his...
Raising kids is hard. Add a diagnosis of hearing loss and you might find yourself thinking parenting is not for the faint of heart. My children were born with needs categorized as "special." They look...
Dear Husband, I apologize. I realize I haven't always been a good wife. Well, actually, I've known it for a while. But, I've just been too stuck to admit it. I know what you might...
You might walk into my house and mistake me for a minimalist or a neat freak. That's OK. I own it; And frankly, it doesn't bother me. Btw. Since we are going there, I beg...
“Are you sure you can handle being a military wife?” A question actually posed to me when I was 25-years-old. How the heck would I have known what kind of wife I was ready to...
There’s a thing about having your Dad die when you are just barely twenty-two-years-old. The eye rolls. The condescending tone. The unapologetic lack of any sort of humility. Thinking you know it all. Losing a...
You don’t feel lucky to be in it. But, it is a club you have joined. Your dad died. Even worse–When you were young. And so was he. For those of us in such a...
When we received military orders to Florida, I was heartbroken. I loved my life in California. I had a career that brought me an abundance of joy and purpose; My kids were connected and loved-up...
Every dog has their day. And two years ago, Jelly, The Precious Puppy, had hers. Only; it appears the humans that inhabit the space ~ by said rescue~ are really the lucky ones...
It was always non-negotiable for me. I felt responsible for making sure my son’s pathways for language got wired. Since he was born with a severe hearing loss, that meant wearing his hearing devices...