Thoughtful Tenacity

One of the most common adages, “life is short,” rings incredibly true for me lately. I am unsure as to whether it’s because I am nearing...

Labyrinths are weird. The word in itself is a wildly odd string of letters. Do you pronounce the y? Where’s the emphasis placed; the...

The universe is vast. It’s a composition of stars, moons, suns, planets, black holes, time itself and galaxies we know nothing about....

Flooded with it all. Emotion, responsibilities, burden. Full of everything. Advice, devotion, worry. So many people. So many check-ins. ...

Today I got a message from a friend of dear loved ones. This text was checking in with me about checking in on them. In part: “I don’t...

“Mommy, are you okay? Did I do something?” Insert a lump in my throat. No, no, not a lump. A gut punch. A pull yourself together and...

I need some time away. A moment to myself; purely, utterly, solely me. No answering to anyone. No feeling obligated or responsible or...

I never thought it possible to feel ungrateful and unappreciated while simultaneously feeling needed and irreplaceable. A strange...

Lately it feels as though my issues, my problems, my words and ideas pale in significance to so many in the world. I have had a hard...

Let’s be real; after 15 years of being with someone and 10 years of marriage to that same someone, is the expectation that every...

Boundaries. They’re a funny thing. Google Definition: noun plural noun: boundaries a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing...

I yelled at my child this morning. Really loudly. So loudly not only did I startle him, I startled myself. I lost my cool over...

Have you ever had one of those days where you aren’t sure whether to cry or laugh or run or hunker down or give up or stand up or throw...

I watched as he ran excitedly to the playground’s entrance. His little cobra head covering bobbing up and down with every hurried step. ...

Like most people, I have a small trash can in the bathroom. This is something that seems very mundane, barely a blip on the household...

Flowers grow everywhere. They can grow in the arctic, the desert, the dunes of the seaside, in water, in mud, on mountains and even...

I sobbed today. Like a child. I cried harder than I have in a long while. The type of cry where you can’t catch your breath and you...

We have had 15 years together and shared 10 years of marriage. 20 added pounds, 1 first apartment, 3 houses turned homes, 7 vehicles...

According to google, there are 525,600 minutes in a year. If I live to be 80, I will have a little over 42 million minutes of life. ...

You ever know how you feel but you just can’t express it appropriately? Not through words, actions, body language or prose. Not really...