I don't know if you guys know this about me yet, but I love quotes. Most often I'm drawn to the kind that hits a little too close to home--the kind where you have to put the book down and take a couple breaths before picking it back up again. But lately in this season that I'm in, a season that's ... View Post

This Father’s Day marks the 10-year anniversary of the day the doctor delivered the news that my dad wouldn't survive the injuries from his motorcycle accident. With words like "brain dead" and "unsurvivable," my normal was hijacked. My mom and sister's normal was hijacked. The woman who ran a stop ... View Post

Dear Dad, I wanted to wish you the happiest of birthdays today. After 10 years of spending this day wrestling with the should haves, would haves and if only I had knowns, it seems that I've run out of ways to say that I miss you. I miss you feels too simple, too unoriginal and too worn out for ... View Post

Much of what I write about here is how to breathe new life into broken relationships or how to sustain the relationships we couldn't do without. The situations may differ, but the approach is generally the same: the survival of a relationship of any kind—whether longstanding, broken, or seemingly ... View Post

I had high hopes to write a post on New Year's Day that would set the direction for the year to come. You could even call it a New Year's resolution—but I hope you don't, because resolutions aren't a point in which I excel. I could tell you all kinds of hopes and dreams that I have for the ... View Post