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On Marital Discord, Part 1
“There’s a fire burning in my heart,” ran through my head for two days. Adele’s catchy, bluesy beat pulsated, over and over and over, and I found myself repeatedly belting out that single stance.And wouldn't you know, as I write this I’m having a hard time summoning...
On Living in the Present
Two days ago I had an epiphany: I’ve been living in the past. And I had no clue because I had cloaked the behavior in a thick veil of distorted language. I was thinking about how relationships with my friends have changed in recent years. How we are all at different...
On Failure, Fat, and Hope
I recently saw a commercial for the upcoming Biggest Loser series. A quick blip of a girl with a weightlifting bar overheard flashed on the screen and I heard her say, “I used to be an Olympic Weightlifter.” I used to be a swimmer and a diver and an equestrian, I...
From a Train Window
As I gaze out of the train window onto a thick fog, Liz Gilbert suddenly pops into my thoughts.And I wonder.I wonder if she traveled by train when she moved from place to place, as she wrote Eat, Pray, Love. I wonder if she wrote longhand, in sweeping, cursive...
Home is Where I Am
I have been busy packing and planning for my first trip to Europe. I’ve made lists and more lists; lists for me and lists for my hubby. There are more lists for my children and the person who will be staying with them while we are away. This morning, as I was thinking...
When Life Sucks…
A person who is lamenting the detachment and isolation of his son just said to me, "It's okay."I'll never forget when I spoke those same words to one of my customers, in the early months after my son died."It's okay," I'd say to people, who would usually say some...