Well, well, well. Lookey here. My little sister is turning 50 on this extra special day: 9-19-19!!! My first partner in crime. My first best friend. My first best buddy. The one who has always had my back, regardless–even if she was also stealing space from my side of the backseat on family car trips […]
Category Archives: Living Life Fully
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 […]
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
6 years ago, on a trip back down to New Orleans, I made a quick stop to visit western Kentucky. I wanted to visit the cemetery where my grandparents are buried and check on the little town where my grandparents retired and where we used to visit when I was a kid. It was the […]
“Well, our morning did not go as planned.” I got that text from my mom Wednesday morning with the message that my dad had been hit by a car while my parents were bike riding in my hometown of Plymouth, Michigan. Considering all of the rains (and snow) we’ve been experiencing in the Midwest this […]
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