It is the journey that makes the destination all the more enjoyable. 
At least, that is something I wrote about ten years ago, before I actually started ‘writing’.  It was a phrase that came to me when I would catch myself trying to hurry through life.  I referred to it often when I was trying to [...]

It just takes one person. One person to raise their hand, one person to refuse to give up their seat, one person to stand up for what they believe in. One person to say this is my partner, this is my lover, my significant other…rather than my friend or my roommate. It takes one person [...]

As I sit here writing this, a thousand cliches float across the room.  It’s as if I could reach up and pull one out of the air and apply it to a situation I’ve experienced this past week.  It has been an unusually difficult week, full of love and loss, death and destruction, and family [...]

For most women, (I say ‘most’), we all grow up thinking we’ll fall in love and marry Prince Charming.  Now, don’t stop reading just because I mentioned Prince Charming…  We all envision a handsome prince, strong, high checks, nice ass, and smart.  We picture the perfect man to be our mate.  Ok ok, so something [...]

As I pull things out for the holiday, I get that glimpse of the stuff that I’ve accumulated. I feel as though my home is transformed into a gingerbread house and I await the coming of Santa. Every year as I take down my cranberries and selfmade garland I wrap it in tissue paper so that [...]

     Decorating my Christmas tree gives me the quiet opportunity to reflect on my life at the end of another year. As I was putting up this year’s tree with my family and friends, I was struck by how each special ornament symbolized a particular moment, period, or season in our lives. When I [...]

I will always remember the day we found out Ava was pregnant, or as we said back then, ‘A high hCG condition.’  hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) is a hormone produced during pregnancy.  Enough with the education part….  The day was August 8th, the same day as her birthday and the same day we started our [...]

Last weekend, my brother and I drove down passed Columbus at 5am in the morning to pick up a little yellow lab puppy to give to my father for Christmas. We arrived back a bit passed 2 and had my niece run up to my dad saying, “Paw-Paw, we got you a present!”. My other brother arrived with [...]

I’ve been wanting to write something about Prop 8 but haven’t been able to find the words. The passage of Prop 8 has bothered me, but I haven’t yelled, complained, or vented. I have just watched, listened, and found comfort knowing that this too shall pass and Prop 8 will eventually be overturned. [...]

     During transitional periods in our lives, we have the opportunity to release the past and create what we want in our future. In order to make room for the new, we have to let go of the old. Most of us aren’t even aware of the past taking up so much space until [...]