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...

May is Mental Health Awareness month. You've probably seen at least one post on social media circulating about it. One site I read...

It is again one of my favorite times of year. It's MAYhem - time for the Women's College World Series [softball]. I played fast pitch...

Writing posts sometimes comes easily. And then other weeks, it does not. It's not that I don't have any ideas. I have a running Rolodex...

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...

I planned to write on a different topic but I felt inspired to veer off that course for today. I am in the process of searching for a new...

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...

I watched a movie today, Chemical Hearts. I'm not planning on writing a movie review on it, but go ahead and stop reading if you plan to...

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...

My dad taught me a lot. He was smart but you could never tell him that. He'd always laugh and say "oh no, your mom is the smart one." And...

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...