Does this Roller Coaster ever stop?
"The ups and downs are usually not that bad, but it's the damn twists and turns that get me every single time." – J. Hasamear
As part of my daughter's wedding ceremony, all of the mothers were given the opportunity to provide a speech to the newlyweds to impart our wisdom and advice about marriage and love. Overjoyed at the chance, I jumped to stand up and speak to this beautiful couple that I love and adore so much. My... Continue Reading →
In an age when we can find anything our hearts desire at the touch of our fingertips, it's amazing that people are still searching for that simple truth to the secret of life. The secret to living a happy life... a life well lived. People have gone on treasure hunts and expeditions around the globe... Continue Reading →
Marriage is not an easy task whatsoever. It's not something to go into without the understanding that it will take a lot of hard work, compromise, patience, balance and compassion from both sides. It's also as much about friendship as it about love. In the past, I've said in passing that marriage is not for... Continue Reading →
When you're the parent who usually leaves first for work in the morning, tears and whining tend to come with the territory when your kids are little. As they get older, you find the tears turn to bemoaning and sheer lack of motivation to move. Every now and then, I would leave my youngest sleeping... Continue Reading →
Throughout my own hectic life, I sometimes come to a crossroads where I am left to wonder is it truly possible to have it all without losing my ever-lovin' mind. Most of the time it is my own sense of self-doubt that gets the better of me and leads me to believe that there may... Continue Reading →
So this week, I turn 39. When I was younger, I believed anyone over the age of 30 was old. As a teenager, I hoped to accomplish so much by the time I finished my 20s. Now that I'm nearly 40, I keep trying to tell myself that I'm only as old as I feel and... Continue Reading →
Every time I pass the cemetery where my father is buried and the one where Timothy is buried, I always find myself blowing kisses, as if they are just sitting on an imaginary bench by the road, waiting to catch my kisses whenever my car passes. For nearly 14 years now, blowing kisses has become second nature... Continue Reading →
A funny thing about Happy Endings is we don’t usually achieve them without coming across a few bumps, bruises and even gashes along the paths we travel to reach them. But no true hero ever achieved a major accomplishment or success without having to put a little blood, sweat and tears in along the way.... Continue Reading →
When you became more than an idea to your father and me, we knew our family was starting to heal and move forward after losing the older brother you never met. But little did we know, fast forwarding four years that we would have to watch you stand at the door as your six-year-old brother... Continue Reading →
Six years… 72 months… 313 weeks… 2191 days… 52,594 hours… 3,153,600 minutes… That’s how long Timothy’s been gone. It’s hard to believe really because it feels like just yesterday when it all happened – the accident, the hospital, the preparations, the wake, the funeral and then the moving on with our lives. Not a day... Continue Reading →
Does this Roller Coaster ever stop? 