It's really strange the journey from the darkness to the light. It isn't as though you simply wake up one morning to the sun shining on all the areas of your life and you feel happy and integrated and completely joyful. At least I haven't. But there is this gradual...

Please bear with me, I'm not sure how this will unfold, but it is something I've been pondering and stewing on for weeks. It started with The Double Rainbow guy. Who actually passed away this year. SUPER sad. Now I will confess I was on the side of those who...

How do you put back together the pieces of a broken life? It’s been such a weird few years. So much has changed, and so much hasn’t. When I have a few moments to quietly reflect on the journey behind it’s a wonder sometimes that I’ve survived at all. I...

No, not the Miley Cyrus one. Mine. I can't pinpoint the exact moment I had this hairbrained idea to go solo on a backpacking adventure into the mountains, but it was like most things in life, a culmination of small choices that led me to standing, (barely) very winded, on...

"Ow Ow Ow", my 8 year old cried out. He had just hustled over to the other side of the of a stool to block his 6 year old brother from easily climbing up to the counter. It was a desperate ploy to get the attention of his too often...

I don't like walking through my house in the dark. I know the floor plan, where the furniture is situated, and where the most recent toys are skewed about from the day's play. But, should I happen to forget to leave the nightlights on, or should the power go out,...