Last year, in June 2018, I was let go from a position I was extremely committed to. I had built many strong relationships with my students and colleagues, and after 3 years, I had been instrumental in stabilizing and moving forward a floundering program at my school. I was very vested in what I was […]
Category Archives: Living Life Fully
Part of my Peace Corps service in the Eastern Caribbean included 5 weeks of Pre-Service Training on the island of St. Lucia. I was 24 and this was my first–and to date, only–experience living outside of the United States. The 70+ members of EC58, who after training would disburse to Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. […]
Life has been flying along so far this year and it seems like a good point to put together an update. First, my dad. In my post Fortitude on an Empty Stomach, I wrote about how my dad was hit by a car on May 1st, while bike riding with my mother and he ended […]
Special Congratulations to my parents who are celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary this week! Such awesome role models and wonderful parents!!! Happy Anniversary, Mom & Dad!!!!! Much love!!! xoxo
So, a few years ago, Marie at Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer did a week long series of posts on infertility. She included posts from a woman who adopted, one who had a surrogate, one who froze her eggs and is still waiting…etc., etc. I had never written about my own issues with infertility and it […]
I married at 36, two months short of 37. Prior to becoming involved with my husband, my romantic relationship history was a little jumbled; however, I definitely looked for EMWA (Expand My World Ability for those of you who have not read my ‘About‘) in the guys I was involved with and sought friendships and […]
Over at that other blog of mine, A Home for the Family Tree… via M is in Honor of Mother’s Day
