Shhh…I love my body.
It is a different sensation to not hate your body. Essentially, I am going against everything I was programmed to know and innately despise. But today, I love my body. Shhhhhh. Did I just say that? Gasp! What will friends think? What will I have to say during those body-bashing lunches? Nothing! Damn that feels […]
Moving Hope
This was it. Time to say goodbye. My footsteps quietly echoed through our empty house as I said my final farewell to our first home. Nearly six years ago, we made this house our home. Its walls witnessed the magnitude of our family’s journey and kept us safe as we weathered the roughest storms of […]
Tuesdays with Mary
For the past four years, I have been in a committed, long-term relationship with someone other than my husband. Her name is Mary. She is my therapist. I stumbled onto her couch in July of 2009. While I would pay good money to be a fly on the wall in our first session, I […]
July 11
.July 11. Today marks four years since I made a decision that would ultimately alter the course of my life. A decision that set me on this beautiful path of recovery. Last year, I told my July 11th story in the blog “Angels Among Us.” This year, I can’t help but reflect on the magnitude that […]
Joke Tickets
We recently sold our house and are scheduled to move into our new home in one month. As you can imagine, the packing pandemonium has begun…or at least the packing procrastination. I really excel in procrastination, like, I’m truly gifted in the art of delay. The idea of packing up our entire home (albeit a […]
Cultivating My Inner Sparkle
The first Saturday in May. My favorite day of the year. Girls on the Run 5k! I was out the door before sunrise, locked and loaded with everything ‘She-Power’. Sparkle headbands, braided pigtails, crazy running pants and of course a tie-dye one of a kind GOTR T-shirt. Bring it. I was ready to GEAUX. But […]
Scheduling Mortality
If you know me, then you know my GaGa. For those who don’t know me, let me introduce you to my GaGa. Meet GaGa… By definition she is my grandmother, but by the grace of God she is my best friend, my second mother, my confidant, my soul mate. Throughout my life she has been […]
Brene & Me: Ah-Ha Besties
A year or so ago, my therapist gave me an assignment to watch a YouTube video on vulnerability. What I thought was sure to be another lesson in dragging my inner-child out of the closet, turned into an experience that shook me to my core. The TedX lecturer spoke on the power of vulnerability, something I […]
Anger Management
Anger. Frustration. Annoyance. All are feelings I simply suck at. I am so far removed from them I don’t even know where to begin or how to ‘feel’ them. I am working hard right now on getting in touch with these lost feelings and, frankly, I’m feeling annoyed with having to do so. I don’t […]
Return to the Pink Room
I could not pull over fast enough. The rental car’s tires crunched to a halt at the Southpoint shopping area. I quickly threw the car into park and buried my head in my hands. My heart was overwhelmed with emotions. My morning at the Carolina House was over and the magnitude of this trip and […]