When Grief Doesn’t Look Like Grief

When Grief Doesn’t Look Like Grief

Note: I wrote most of this post while my brother-in-law was still in hospice care. He passed away yesterday. I’ve decided to share these reflections as they were, with minimal changes, as part of my own processing journey. I was scrolling through Facebook on our...
What’s in a Name?

What’s in a Name?

No doubt you have heard this famous line from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (9th grade English, anyone?). Shakespeare uses this line to show that one’s name (and all the baggage it brings) is irrelevant, at least in matters of the heart. But this isn’t always true....
A New Flavor

A New Flavor

It’s been over four years since I started my blog, but I was a writer long before that. I have boxes of notebooks and journals filled with words—thoughts, dreams, experiences—poured out of my heart and onto the page. But all the words were mine alone, the ramblings of...