September 1, 2023 was my twenty-ninth wedding anniversary. That sounds like a milestone and it feels like one. My Motorman and I were...

In 2015 my oldest was 18, considered an adult, and was leaving the nest. With all the preparation and paperwork involved in this change,...

On a radiant morning, with the sun casting its warm golden glow upon the world, I ventured out for Sully's daily walk. As I was enjoying...

Losing our loved ones is an inevitable part of life, but nothing quite prepares you for the emotional roller-coaster that follows....

It takes some stretching of the mind but when you try to look at life from different perspectives you begin to see what gets taken for...

There are hundreds, thousands, millions of things I have learned in the last ten years. I feel like I'm still in the school of Mechelle...

Toward the end of 2021 I was struggling. I wasn’t sad as much as apathetic. All the anger, hate, persecution and victimization from the...

When I was younger my parents fought a lot. I was a sensitive child and the arguing was hard on my little self. Somehow, even at a young...