Whose story is it anyway?

Whose story is it anyway?

If you’re not sure if you should be sharing your friend’s story, read this.

Open letter to a lost friend: Six Dollars and a Deadly Secret

Open letter to a lost friend: Six Dollars and a Deadly Secret

I had known you for twenty years, but in ten months, I learned I didn’t know you at all.

Grief

The only way to the other side of Grief is through, but you don’t have to take that long, lonely journey alone.

Open letter to a lost friend: Adrift

Open letter to a lost friend: Adrift

The afternoon was pleasant, yet on that day I understood that our friendship had reached its natural end.

I didn’t plan to be a mom.

I didn’t plan to be a mom.

The most important part of Mother’s Day for me is my children. Not the card. Not the flowers. Not a gift. Certainly not guilting them into cooking, cleaning, or taking me out to eat (although I confess I tried that once or twice ). Mother´s Day is about this unexpected path, a journey I never imagined for myself. Motherhood. My children.

I don’t want your money, but . . .

I don’t want your money, but . . .

I didn’t have a pocketful of coins to reach for, but this lady didn’t want my money. She wanted groceries. I reached past my what-ifs to find the compassion to look into the her eyes.