Benjamin Franklin said it best: “Nothing is certain but death and taxes in this world.” Every year we prepare for tax day. There are commercials for...
Growing up, March was a fun month. St. Patrick’s Day, the start of spring, a week off school---the whole world seemed to change in March as the weathe...
Who is this stranger staring back at me? One morning I wake up and wonder who that stranger is in the mirror She seems always to have someone near h...
I just got home from school and my mom left a note that I was going to be home by myself because my grandmother was in the hospital following a stroke...
And then the struggle of holidays without him. Without his cooking. Without him and I going back and forth about adding more pepper to everything. Wit...
Instantly the guilt sank in. Every year, my husband’s birthday list asks for time as a family, things to do together, and here I was packing a bag and...
The thing is at the beginning of caregiving you’re not told. You’re not told you’ll lose friends, you’ll lose family, and you’ll even lose yourself. M...