If someone had asked me about my ability to remember things, I would have told them my memory was intact. No problem there. However, my husband has been my backup memory bank for over 40 years. Anything that wouldn’t fit neatly into my mental folders, I would make sure was tightly secured in ... Read More about In The Overwhelm
People Need People
You and I are made for community. We need people - our people to be there for us..When we don’t show up for our people, they are left standing alone..Loneliness breaks down even the strongest of humans..It settles in and tells us we aren’t worthy. Not worth someone’s time..Loneliness convinces us ... Read More about People Need People
I was Lost
When I was about five years old, I got lost. Well, there’s more to the story than just that. We were living near Seattle, Washington on a military base. I remember little about that time at Ft. Lewis, but a few things lodged themselves in my memory. The most prominent one is a little ... Read More about I was Lost
Too Close To Home
When you read about a suicide in the news, it seems far away. No way this could happen here. Not in my town. Not in my neighborhood. Certainly not in my family. Until it does. Suicide rates are climbing. Our area has seen many in the past year, several in the last month. When a suicide occurs ... Read More about Too Close To Home
Twisty Inside
This image of a tree in Savannah, Georgia is a visual of how your insides feel when you are in the grip of grief. Tangled. Twisty. Gnarly. Messy. The range of emotions, along with the intensity, makes your insides wrap knot upon knot — tighter and tighter. The abdomen clenches and a lump ... Read More about Twisty Inside