As we reflect on the past year and look forward to the next year, reviewing promises we made to ourselves of things we were going to drop or add from our lives in 2018, I reflect on why I write. Why do I share deeply personal stories, experiences, and feelings for anyone and everyone to …
Tag: Recovery
A Confession
All I wanted was to be a mom. To have a family. A few years ago, when I lived in Brooklyn, I thought I had a family - we talked about growing our family, we were house hunting, I was saving money for a down payment. It was a driving force for me in all …
The Aspen Tree
Typically, when people think about vulnerability, they think about sentiments I discussed last week, feelings of weakness, helplessness, exposure. Yet vulnerability is the birthplace of our greatest strength, an inherently empowering experience and position to be in, one in which we can strip layers of ourselves that no longer serve us, layers that have hurt …
Running in the Sun 