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My Stories

We are on to something

Just received this and want to read it over and over. All of the 24 hr days. All of the drama. All of the days I ask myself- why am I...

Hope

I’ve never been a fan of the word “hope.” “Hope” implies a passive experience. It implies no control and wishful thinking. Most things...

We not me

All your life people have commented how “smart” you are. That you are fast on the uptake. That you are quick to get things. Clearly those...

Till Forever Falls apart

Dear Steve, On this 11th anniversary that again we let pass, not because we don’t have something to celebrate, but everyday we are lucky...

The pact

I made a pact. With God. This is the second time I’ve done such an act. Therefore, while it wasn’t my first foray in negotiations with...

PTSD

I have seen such pain. Put mine aside, I’m talking about the others. I have lived in a pediatric ward where every day I saw families with...

Dear Lady Gaga,

You are one kick ass strong woman. I really appreciate you. I really do. I am no you, but we do share something in common. We share the...

Why do you do this?

Why do you do this? My mother in her kind way asks. Why do y ou want all these people to know your private business? Why do you do...

Breadcrumbs

The mornings are the worst.  Truly the worst. I wake up and my body is so tight I fear my ligaments will pop if I stand. In those first...

The secret? Get higher

Apologies for rapid fire of posts…last one was written yesterday, but one thing I’ve learned is to document the GOOD as much as the BAD....

June Blues

So blue they are. And like a wave they just crash. And it hurts. It’s not the crashing that hurts. No. That is the best part. That is...

Is this thing on?

tap tap tap. testing one two three Turns out that cancer mom is not a thing you can walk away from. Turns out writing is not...

Today is a big day for us

Nightwing, I’ve been quiet. I know. But don’t think in this absence there hasn’t been a day that you are not next to me everyday. You...

Candyland

Today we are back in the hospital. It has been a long time (thankfully), but we are back for treatment and scans (ahhh!). And I’m back...

New Years 2021

I stopped writing. I had to put it aside for many reasons ones I hope to one day share, but mostly because I can’t write the same. I am...

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