The Fight Against…?

The Fight Against…?

I have no tattoos. The other day I was having a conversation with a dear friend.  She is one of those people who tells it wonderfully as it is (sometimes that is code speak for “rude”” or inconsiderate) not so in this case.  She just lays it out...
A Very Specific Way to Heal

A Very Specific Way to Heal

I very often hear from people (thankfully) how much this blog has helped them.  It may be an email, or text, very often it’s when I bump into them face to face.  However, there is one thing no one has  ever said to me. “Thank you so much for linking your...
Stretched

Stretched

The tornado touched down on the suburban Pittsburgh neighborhood, the high school and houses were damaged.  “As long as the kids are ok…” one woman said on the news.  Ok, finish that sentence mam.  What if the kids are not ok?  What if everyone did...
Anxiety

Anxiety

So, you’re 160 feet below the surface of the earth with your spouse and two kids and there is only one way in and one way out.  You are in a cave.  Water is dripping and there are actually pools of it around you.  What do you feel?  Me?  Nothing.  Totally fine. ...
Moving…On?

Moving…On?

A picture is worth a thousand words…well, let’s see about that.  You see, this picture was taken on Ocracoke island.  Go to the outer banks and go south, then south, then south, then get on a ferry (yes with your vehicle) and go south for another hour (on...
Did He Know? (and other questions/observations).

Did He Know? (and other questions/observations).

1.  I often wonder if Trey really knew how much I loved him.  He was always so much in the now that I can make it feasible that he didn’t know because he never thought of or wondered it. 2.  I am reminded of how when he was super tired or (toward the end) just...