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This personal essay was first published on July 4, 2016. Happy birthday America! What a wonderful holiday – the celebration of our Independence as a nation! The 4th of July represents the [...]

The above picture makes me both smile and feel a pang in my heart. Smile, because it is of Garry and me when we still had hope (only six months after his cancer diagnosis in 2012). Sad, because [...]

Here we are hauties- December! Can you believe it? D-E-C-E-M-B-E-R. Personally, it’s boggled my mind like a gigantic JENGA puzzle that just crumbled after a colossal stack. But, I guess [...]

I’ve always thought the autumnal equinox was so romantic; the merging of two beautiful seasons for a brief moment. A quick kiss from summer to fall. The first day of fall generally occurs [...]

Betrayal; when someone betrays your trust, your loyalty, and your love, the first response is primal. Our first thoughts turn to revenge. But, if history has taught us anything, it is that joy [...]

If before August 10th, 2014, you had asked me if I wanted any sort of do-over, I would have answered no. Because at that point in my life, I liked the woman I had become and all of my life [...]