I wore my anxiety like a blanket in summer.  Hot.  Scratchy.  Suffocating.  I couldn’t take it off.  It made me feel uncomfortable, restless, trapped. And I didn’t even realize it. Until she asked me: “Mommy, why are you wearing your nervous face?”  The question stunned me. Was I?  I guess I was.  Why?  I didn’t … Continue reading You Don’t Have To Live Like This

What's a car accident?" she asked, as I turned onto a side street to avoid the traffic ahead.  It was long past bedtime for my three-year-old, and I was eager to get her home.  But a bad car accident left us searching for a detour.  "It's when two cars bump into each other and get … Continue reading Crap Happens

October dawned with a national tragedy, following a September of natural disasters.  I awoke today to a nation that is suffering – suffering from grief, and disbelief, and fear.  How much pain can our hearts hold?  How much fear can we live with?  Is violence and disaster becoming a new normal? God, help us. I … Continue reading Here’s To The Helpers

Kevin backed my car into a light pole the day he proposed.  It was a rainy day at Wrightsville Beach, not at all what he had envisioned when he bought the ring and picked the date.  It was eight years ago today, but it feels like it was last week.  My, how we've changed since … Continue reading Together

My days often go like this: wake up (groggily and unenthusiastically), work out, drink coffee, make lunches, get kids ready, drink more coffee, go to school, frantically try to accomplish all that needs to be accomplished, drink more coffee, leave some things left undone on my to-do list, go home, make dinner, do the bathtime … Continue reading Eat, Drink, Enjoy