I’ve been following the historian and writer, Heather Cox Richardson, for a couple of years now and have been blown away by all that I have learned from her and the community that has grown around non-traditional writers, bloggers, podcasters, and new media creators like her this past decade. She and others like Jay Kuo, […]
It’s coming up on 13 years ago, December 2011, that I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Terry and I were two plus years into our New Orleans adventure and I finally had a recommendation for a rock star primary care physician who I randomly made an intro appointment to see in October 2011. One thing […]
During the summer of 2023, I found out that my bone density had reached the point of full blown osteoporosis and that a number of areas on my body, in particular in my spine, had become very concerning. We have been monitoring my bone density since I got back from New Orleans in 2014 and […]
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 […]
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 […]
12 years ago, Terry and I were back in New Orleans after heading north for Thanksgiving. We had stopped in Memphis to celebrate our 7th anniversary, eating yummy food and listening to great music. We spent a few days in Chicago checking on our condo, visiting family and playing tourists… And we wrapped up the […]
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