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
With music blaring in the background and kids screaming around me, I find myself standing in a crowded room, unable to place what I have lost or even what I am missing but I just have this overwhelming feeling of loss. I want to scream. I want to catch my breath. I look to the... Continue Reading →
As a family, we recently stood together to watch my son, Nicholas, as he was promoted from eighth grade to high school. Like most events in our lives that have happened over the last 15 years, there is always a feeling like something is missing. No, more like someone is missing. This year marks another... Continue Reading →
I fully admit to being a Disney kid. I watched all those animated movies growing up and still love to watch them today. I was always excited to watch a new film when it first came out, either when I was a child, teenager, or even a grown adult with my own family now. It... Continue Reading →
Everything seems harder today when it comes to work, life and everything in between. And, no, I’m trying not to be a whiny baby or complain that life has wronged me or even that I demand to be treated more fairly. I grew up in the 80s, so I know I would’ve been eaten up... Continue Reading →
Getting through an hour without you seemed impossible at first. How in the world then could we have made it through the last 10 years without you? Life has a way of moving forward without us having much control over it. In the beginning, it was about learning to survive and make it through another... 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 →
When someone starts the journey to try to figure out what happened to the person who once looked back at them in the mirror, they don't always know what they’ll find along the way. As January 2017 approached, I knew I needed to do something to change who I was becoming inside and out. I... 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 →
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 →
Does this Roller Coaster ever stop? 