I am drawn to bloggers who share their ongoing struggle with depression – who’ve found a way to manage it, but acknowledge that the disease is never cured, only maintained. Their stories give me insight into what my husband is going through (and I can never have enough resources for[Read more]
Last night I was pulled into the past by a photo from my college days, shared on Facebook. These moments don’t hit me as hard as they used to. Thanks to social media, I can peek in on the lives of people who were important to me from grade school[Read more]
My husband and I fell in love while dancing. That’s us in the picture (so young!) cast opposite each other in the play Dancing at Lughnasa. Fast forward 16 years: our family of five (two parents, two children, one dog) lives in a 1,000-square-foot house where most of the dancing we[Read more]
I just had the most wonderful conversation with a man who is on the cusp of making a huge shift in his career path. I was envious, but also inspired by, the enthusiasm and relief and freedom that accompanied his decision. Like most people, he’d wrestled far too long with[Read more]
When is the last time you put something out there – an idea or opinion or emotion? Today I reached a place where I could go no further on my own. I needed help. I needed someone taller, to see farther down the road than my 5-foot frame will allow[Read more]
I don’t think this site has been around long enough for this to be much of a deal, but have you noticed anything new? (go ahead and take a moment to look around) That’s right! I finally settled on a name for this site (other than my own). I figured[Read more]