It’s taken me a while to get to the point where I wanted to write for others again. I’ve been trying to get away from a need to over explain or keep everyone updated on where I am or how I’m doing, and it’s been good for me. I’ve put too much thought into what others think in the past. I needed to focus on just myself for a bit. So, I put all these words away. In my last post, I talked about how writing had given me a sense of peace, and it did…to an extent. I would feel ligh

Written 5/22-5/26 Fifteen years together and I never told Justin the story of where and how my parents met. If you watch the show, The...

Disclaimer: I am sharing my very personal, very real story about my experience with multiple miscarriages below. The intention in sharing is to help others who may be going through something similar so they know they are not alone. I am also attempting to spread a little awareness about some of the less known details and deeply emotional things that maybe some of your friends/loved ones have gone through or are going through right now. It’s likely they won’t volunteer this in

Dark Side of the Moon I’m teaching a unit on the moon in Science. I taught History last year. I don’t think I would have made it through this time around the sun. So, I’m grateful. I play the Artemis II footage. We saw the dark side of the moon so clearly! The crew, before signing out, told us they love us. There’s still good here and I can confidently see it and share it. I am brought to tears over strangers, who are not strangers at all, sharing their love of huma

You were born in both love and blood. I will do all that I can to show you love To be love To act like love To know love for myself So you can know it without question I wear your birthstone, your favorite color I wear daddy’s too I wear my own To remind me of love when I forget In this life, one that breaks you slowly One full of false care and masked truths The blood can cloud. For you, I remember the blood I know that, although it comes with hurt someti

I can’t write this later. I won’t wait until the horror is diluted by the next inevitable atrocity. Someone wrote, “Her cries on the sidewalk have altered me” Another said their young son needed them in the middle of the night. They imagined Good’s 6 year old boy needing his mom. I closed my classroom door today to cry in silence before my kids came back. Miles woke up in a night terror last night, too. I slept in his bed so he could feel safe. We are not safe. But

A bird shit on me today. So, I figured it was time to write again. I just don’t know if I have much of anything new to say, really. I do...

I am not an expert on the topic of interoception. I am not necessarily even very knowledgeable in this area by any means. I just like to...

I deeply admire her. I couldn’t put my finger on what it was, specifically, for too long. Then I noticed in silence. Intentional,...

I saw it . And I remembered! Miles (my 2.5 year old) was finally down for the night and I was watching TV with Justin, my phone in my...

It’s time to let it soak in. Let it fill you up with all the colors. Let the magic saturate as often as it occurs. It occurs at a higher...

Your foot peeks out of the blankets in the hospital bed, twirling. My mind makes a perfect match. You’re happy. Ever since Miles was a...

Watching life in the reflection of our copper, dome arch lamp on a snowy morning. Wrapped in blankets with an ice pack on my sore neck....

Maybe it seems like she is overreacting. Maybe it feels very scary for her. What you cannot do is tell someone how to feel. Or, maybe...

Where do I want to start with this one? I think, maybe by settling into my body first. I tend to find my way best when I take time to...

Today I sat to do a meditation. Well, I laid down to do a mediation. Miles won’t let me sit during the day. He likes you to be on your...

A Mantra I. Love.The. Ocean. Like Oprah loves bread. Well, maybe I just love the beach. Whenever Justin and I discuss taking a vacation,...

I keep getting glimpses, beautiful, magical glimpses of a place where I feel so present and experience stretches of time in which I am...

I’ve been dealing with pain in my right shoulder. I can’t remember any injuries to this area, and I assumed that it has to do with...