Does Your Little Girl Feel Like a Heel?
As I sat at a red light, rocking my sweats behind the wheel of my Hotyssey , I couldn’t help but notice them. It was like they had just stepped out of some magazine I would never buy and onto the cross walk in front of me. Dad, looking like a cross between a surfer dude and a suburban dad… Mom, put together perfectly, with long, golden locks and a [read more]
The Final Chapter: The Tragedy that Changed My Life
While this is the last post in the “Tragedy that Changed My Life” series, as the title says, I’m forever changed. The lasting effects my family’s loss will have on my life will continue — probably forever — and bring up feelings, questions and major life decisions, many of which I will share here. I could never sum up in six parts what impact my family’s loss has had on [read more]
On the left: March 2009 (Photo by Blue Lily Photography) On the right: November 2011 (Photo by Renee Bowen Photography)
As I sat at a red light, rocking my sweats behind the wheel of my Hotyssey , I couldn’t help but notice them. It was like they had just stepped out of some magazine I would never buy and onto the cross walk in front of me. Dad, looking like a cross between a surfer dude and a suburban dad… Mom, put together perfectly, with long, golden locks and a [read more]
While this is the last post in the “Tragedy that Changed My Life” series, as the title says, I’m forever changed. The lasting effects my family’s loss will have on my life will continue — probably forever — and bring up feelings, questions and major life decisions, many of which I will share here. I could never sum up in six parts what impact my family’s loss has had on [read more]
On the left: March 2009 (Photo by Blue Lily Photography) On the right: November 2011 (Photo by Renee Bowen Photography)
Also known as “The Tragedy that Changed my Life: Part 5″ It’s been six months since my niece left this world. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve started and stopped this post — part 5 of my story. How could I even begin to put into words one of the most significant days of my entire life? Well, here goes.. I walked up to the grave I had [read more]
With Lunar New Year coming up, people are gearing up for the year of the dragon. In my house, it’s all about the year of the party. Because while my money and sanity-saving idea of only allowing kid birthday parties every other year (as opposed to every bday) was brilliant last year, this year, I’ll be paying for it — literally — when my kids get their choice (within reason) [read more]
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