Have you ever had a time in your life when you wondered if your heart was actually beating?  Have you ever felt hollow and empty inside?  It’s not a good place to be and several years ago, that is where I existed.  A stethoscope can easily detect a physical noise coming from deep within your…

I have never attended church on a regular basis.  I have sort have gone in streaks over the years and I suppose it’s partly due to the fact that going to church every Sunday wasn’t a part of my family’s routine when I was growing up.  I sometimes struggle a bit with setting aside that…

In general, I’m a pretty upbeat person.  I try to focus on the positives but that doesn’t mean I haven’t had my share of tough times in my life when I was sure the sky was falling.  As the years come and go  we’re led through experiences that tend to reconfigure a lot of things…

Life is such an interesting process, isn’t it?  We’re born and from that moment on our bodies and minds begin to grow and change as each day comes and goes.  Before long we find ourselves glancing back over those years reflecting on the experiences and relationships that have shaped the person we’ve become and if…

Amidst a load of clean laundry ready to be folded and a doll that needs a dress and a very tired me, I decided to take a trip down memory lane and read an hour and half’s worth of emails Don and I sent to one another when we first met and I fell in…

One of the most difficult parts of my divorce was the decision to leave and leave without Missy,  Molly, Max, Macie Pearl and Punky.  They were the only children I had but to everyone else they were just four cats and a dog.  I was planning to live with my mom for a while and…

Yesterday when Don and I were driving to the mower store, I took a look at my face in the visor mirror as I was finally having a “good hair” day and I said, “You’re beautiful, yes you are!” and then I snapped the visor back into place and tossed a glance in Don’s direction.…