What was supposed to be a fun snow day in October, in seconds turned into our mini horror story. I've recently discovered that...

As I sit here planning for the future and remembering the past, I find it incredibly easy to get taken off track, allowing my mind down a...

Paralyzed inside your own mind, these four emotions run rampant if left unacknowledged, unchecked and unaddressed. Grudges, guilt and...

Roughly only 14% of the comments made to grievers are actually helpful during the grieving process. The majority of what a griever hears...

Well known motivational speaker Jim Rohn memorably states that we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with. Feeling...

The holidays are here again. It never fails that they are the most consistent thing to show up over and over, year after year. Don't they...

Trauma, cuts, injury, torn, punctured, blunt force, contusion, open, raw ========Wounded. I've recently watched as friends and family...

Guilt, Self Doubt, Helplessness, Hopelessness..... Fear. A whirlwind of emotions. They are infiltrating, assaulting as they consume the...

Today was the day we laid you to rest. I've heard about you my entire life yet never really got to know you. By the time I was born you...

Tomorrow will be the start to another new year. People celebrating, writing new years resolutions and planning for many exciting things...

I'm taking you deep into the dark places of my mind. The hurts the pain, the hopelessness that once ruled my life. An oubliette, and I am...

This month my heart has been ripped wide open. I have been behind on blogs, newsletters and life. The events of the October 1st shooting...

Today I woke up thinking about the warrior courage it takes to walk through each and everyday after losing someone. The energy it takes...

Today I met with a lady who had a traumatic loss in her past. She is a mother of many and greeted me with a handshake and a smile. As we...

Chronic Illness as defined by Mosby's dictionary is any disorder that lasts over a long period of time that affects physical, emotional,...

At the age of seventeen I spent my last mother’s day with my mom. I can’t remember exactly what that day entailed; I had no reason to...

There was a point in my life when I found it normal to regularly visit hospitals. Regular check ups, vaccines, advice etc. That all...

Photo: April 2007 Here we are again, the start of a new month. But April isn't just any month in my world. April is a month full of...

What the heck does that even mean? Heartache and grief are everywhere. You can't walk out your front door without face planting right...

As I sat in the ICU watching my daughter work to reclaim consciousness. I looked around at my setting. Here I am yet again sitting in an...