In the twinkling of an eye it’s been two years since my Mom passed away. It’s been fast and short all at the same time.  the sense of freefalling — of having lost my mooring, my anchoring — has mostly ended. I feel like I’ve been righted somewhat and I’m able to carry on. Tougher, stronger, […]

A fresh school year, a season of gratitude We’ve been back to school now for a couple of weeks and this year is already a momentous one. Jude began fifth grade and Archer began 3 year old preschool. So you can imagine all the feelings swirling about as I dropped off Jude first (who requested […]

Internet, December has now come and gone and I completely fell off the blog bandwagon. Too much to do in that crazy month, not to mention the heaping pile of grief layering everything else. But we survived. And despite the moments of sadness, there were also moments of joy. It was a memorable Christmas, that […]

Dear Mom, I haven’t written you in awhile. It isn’t because I’m not thinking of you. On the contrary, it’s a daily, if not hourly reoccurence. It’s been officially 10 months and 3 days since you left and we’re approaching the time of year that I’m dreading possibly the most, this first round of holidays […]