It's been a long while since I posted here. Too long. I have excuses longer than your weekly to-do list. But the truth is that I've just...

I always have very ambitious (absurdly unrealistic) expectations about how refreshed I’ll be and how much I will accomplish during time...

Strep throat for the whole family, 3 unrelated ER visits and a whole host of general life frustrations later. . . And here I am, finally...

The moments after being told I had cancer are vivid in my mind. I remember the yellow hue the hospital hall lights cast on the walls. I...

“I’m not very controlling,” I said in all sincerity one day not too long ago. My colleague of more than six years snorted so hard as she...

Writing with the potential that someone else will read what you’ve written has changed how I write. And not for the better. I’m not less...

Around mile marker 68 on I-95 South, my mind always drifts to my past. There are about 20 miles before the exit I'll need to take to pull...

There is nothing like waiting in an emergency room to change your perspective. Important things come into sharp relief as you process...

My life is full of pleasure and pain, deep satisfaction and profound disappointments. In the midst of stress and chaos, there are always...

Courage. Gumption. Bravery. Valor. Nerve. Guts. My first post incapsulates the insecurity I have in writing at all. It is an email I...