It was a Monday; I buried dad in his light blue coffin – with full military honors – two weeks prior. I thought I was ready to do life. As I was driving my daughter to school, I pressed the gas pedal to go on a green light and the next thing I knew I […]
My pops… The guy I talk (write) about all the time. The dude who I said has the number one spot in my heart (even my hubs knew his ranking). The man whose humor surpasses any comedian I’ve ever watched. And who rocked a raging case of CRS/Alzheimer’s like no other… Went tits up recently […]
Every year that I place another candle on my birthday cake I find myself pondering even more about death. I mean, I’ve always thought about death a lot. I suppose that happens when your mom flings up to the heavens in your 20’s. Or your dad is rockin’ that old age and dementia. Or maybe […]
I can’t say I recall ever wanting to be a writer. Even when I was little and kept a journal (you know the ones with the lock and key) + wrote silly stories — I didn’t think of being a full-on writer one day. But in 5th-grade that changed; I found a hunger in myself […]