A WALK THROUGH ORDINARY

Let me channel my inner Carrie Bradshaw... Who knew mascara could be so eye opening? <--- see what I did there? I have no shame [not even...

OK, before you come at me, I have not seen Groundhog Day. I know a very basic premise of a guy reliving the same day over and over again...

Have you ever looked at your life through the eyes of a camera? What would play out on screen? How would the script read? What characters...

Q: How are you? A: Fine. Q: How are you? A: I’m good. You? Q: How you doing? A: Doing well. You? Q: How you doing? A: I’m okay. Q: How...

So today I am struggling. Really, I have been for a couple of weeks, off and on. I spoke about the big wave that I was seeing off in the...

Waves of grief are powerful in ways that can only be felt. Those waves that take down the ship leaving only rubble in its wake. I wrote...

The sky - a fully saturated blue stretched out as far as I can see. A stray cloud paints the sky with a feather touch - a wispy stroke of...

Was I right? Did I do everything I could? I could have done more. I should have done more. What if I had done more? - a broken record of...

Every breakup emotion is now intensified. Heartbreak, sadness, loneliness, longing, anger, hurt, betrayal, confusion, self doubt - all of...

Can I just say I spent an hour or two typing out a post that continuously said it was saving only to find out it indeed did not save?...

I didn't sleep well for the first two months after my dad died. I had a hard time falling asleep. The silence was the loudest I have ever...

I stumbled upon this particular mountain about five months ago. I couldn't get it off my mind. Everest? Kilimanjaro? Denali? Nope. Nope....

This is a follow up to my earlier post - some of the "positive" actions of month one. Even with all the numbness and raw emotions, I did...

They say the loneliest walk you'll ever take is the one down the road of grief. So far they are right (whoever they are). This post is...

68 degrees and sunny. It's winter but it doesn't feel that way today. We just had an ice storm. I woke up, put a jacket on, and walked my...

Who do you want to be in 10 years? A seemingly innocuous question. We are asked this at various points in our life. During a scholarship...

I made a friend this summer. A friend I can count on to never leave me. A friend that shows me love. A friend that keeps me connected...