Writing
Let hope choose you.
I had this blog almost ready to send Wednesday morning. It started like this: “I choose hope in 2021, in spite of everything that could still go wrong—COVID, political turmoil, record snowstorms like we had here in upstate NY last week, failing to get a book deal.” Had I sent it, I would have felt foolish. That afternoon, watching the siege of the US Capital unfold, my hope was overpowered by fear and bewilderment. Yet hope still chooses me.
Continue ReadingOur Wake of Kindness
Sometimes, what looks like conflict-aversion is really a choice to be kind.
Continue ReadingPandemic Brain
Pandemic Brain is like a pinball machine. When I realized that was what was going on, I already felt better. Funny how naming a problem can do that.
Continue ReadingRacism is hidden within ourselves.
So what am I gonna do about racism? That’s the question we’re all asking ourselves, isn’t it?
Continue ReadingPurpose–it may be simpler than you think.
I’ve never had a day when I couldn’t get out of bed. Yesterday, I wondered if it would be the first.
Continue ReadingDistraction in the time of COVID-19.
Today, I needed a distraction. My emotions are so close to the surface, I can’t even watch or read happy and uplifting stories without crying because they remind me how much is at stake
Continue ReadingThe best self-care: giving to others.
My self-care is giving to others. What about you?
Continue ReadingMom would have been proud.
Mom was one of the biggest supporters of my writing journey and my goal of publishing my memoir.
Continue ReadingWhen your brain can’t multitask.
My brain can’t multitask. It has folders for important information, and if the folder is closed, new data doesn’t get in.
Continue ReadingPersonal growth—before, during, and after.
As hard as After is to write, the final chapter makes it all worthwhile. My journey of personal growth was long and arduous, but I survived. As did my son.
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