Life As We Knew It

Life As We Knew It

Apr 2, 2020 | Faith, Grief, Personal

Life as we know it has changed. Life isn’t the same. Our normal changed overnight. We are in uncharted waters. We’ve been thrown into the unknown and it wasn’t our choice. Normal is gone and just as we thought we might be getting through the worst of it, our social...
A Small Touch of Hope

A Small Touch of Hope

Mar 14, 2020 | Faith

Today my son may play his very last baseball game of his career and all I can think is “this wasn’t how it was supposed to end.” I’m heart broken. I’m sad. I’m angry. And really it just isn’t about the baseball either, it’s the events that have played out this week....
My Box of Pain

My Box of Pain

Feb 24, 2020 | Faith, Grief

When Jack died, I did not think I would ever stop hurting. I vividly remember the day he was born, the mixture of joy and pain we felt. No one could have prepared Jeff and I for what we were going to experience that day. We welcomed our son into the world then twenty...
The Cost of Status

The Cost of Status

Feb 18, 2020 | Faith, Personal

It was in the second month of deciding to no longer pursue a career in healthcare that I realized I was going to lose my status. I was standing at the kitchen table and said out loud, “I’m going to miss my status!” Just announced it right there for all to hear. My...
When Struggle Meets Silence

When Struggle Meets Silence

Feb 4, 2020 | Faith, Health

This past Sunday I walked into my closet with a big decision to make. Do I wear the shoes or not? Now those who know me well can attest that I am not at all about fashion. I’m stuck somewhere in the 1980s in the land of argyle & cardigans. And my decision had...
Glorious Riches

Glorious Riches

Jan 27, 2020 | Faith

June 2018 to June 2019  presented me with significant loss. First I lost my health. After a month of illness, during which I almost lost my life, I was diagnosed with Adult Onset “Stills” Disease, a rare auto-inflammatory disease. Six months later I lost...