This past week sure has been a busy one! I finished onboarding with Chicago Public Schools on Monday and was given the green light to start my new high school Social Studies teaching position on Tuesday, which I did. I started during the 3rd week of school for CPS students and needless to say, it […]
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I am simply overwhelmed by all of the support I have received after posting Navigating the Doldrums last weekend. As I try to start this post, I find I am still stunned by the outpouring of messages and phone calls I received. It is simply amazing and I am hard pressed to find the right […]
I remember during the Summer of 1991 that I spent my last summer of college living with Grams Cooper at the Cottage on beautiful Lake Charlevoix and doing my summer mix of teaching swimming lessons for Boyne City Swim School, waiting tables at a local restaurant (that summer it was Grey Gables in Charlevoix), and […]
In the fall of 2012, I was in a pretty serious funk. Some things had happened at work that triggered a downward spiral, at the same time I was just coming to terms with my new reality as someone who was now a part of the breast cancer club. I was isolated, unhappy, unmoored and […]
Happy Father’s Day, Dad!!!! Love you to the moon and back!!!!! I wrote this Father’s Day post on my other blog A Home for the Family Tree back in 2015, and have posted it a couple of times to social media at this time of year, but I have never linked this to Searching for […]
Wow! What a year since last Mother’s Day! My mom has had a tough one on the medical front this past year, keeping us on our toes. She was raised not to air her trials and tribulations–nor for her daughters to go TOO public about private matters–but suffice it to say, this woman is a […]
Thought I’d share some pics from a beautiful walk at the Lake I took this morning with Bleu, on an unseasonably warm October 1st in Chicago (where it was 81 degrees on the Southside). Not a bad way to kick off October. And yes, I would have gone swimming if I’d worn my suit or […]
I wrote this Father’s Day post on my other blog A Home for the Family Tree back in 2015, and have posted it a couple of times to social media at this time of year, but I have never linked this to Searching for EMWA. No time like the present! Here goes! While my Grandpa […]
This post is too special not to re-share! Much love to you, Mom! Mother’s Day 2020 This post is for my mom. Simply put, my mom is a beautiful lady. However, that doesn’t even begin to describe just how layered that statement is in truth. This woman has taught me much more than she ever […]
My Vanda is back in bloom!!! Blooming in the midst of the adversity of the past few years. It’s been two years since these beautiful buds last appeared around here. Very fitting and a reminder. 11 years ago, on December 1, 2011, a follow up mammogram and ultrasound left digital impressions of three masses on […]
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