I was out of town visiting my sister and her family and, on the way back, there was a slight detour because an overpass had been torn out...

I don't often write about my spiritual beliefs, not because I'm uncomfortable doing so, but rather because there are so many people who...

Grief has taught me  To honor and acknowledge love  With supreme gratitude and urgency, Whether that’s through new moments  Or...

"If we're honest, we're always losing everyone all the time. And that's why to love anything is insane, right? Because to love anything...

As a parent, I wanted to believe that I could protect my child. I wanted to believe that I could make her life better, happier and safer...

I saw this frame more than 20 years ago and even though I knew I shouldn't spend the money on it at that time, I simply had to have it...

Monday, October 21, I will officially share my Brave Enough To Be Bliss story with the world through my website ...

This is the graphic from my book's first section title page and if I could wrap up the entire book into one sentence, this would be...

I'm one of those people who ends up being in the middle on most all personality tests. I am likely the definition of gray. It’s not that...

When I was thinking about what visual to use, this photo immediately came to mind. While my daughter loved the pool, this was her first...

I attended a very moving Celebration of Life service this week. It's hard to tell exactly how many people were in attendance, but I would...

And it isn't pretty. It's hard. It's sad. It just plain hurts sometimes. And yet, I am so grateful for healing because with it comes the...

Sunday afternoon I enjoyed hiking a trail nearby with the goal of finding the lookout point I'd been told about with a view of Lake...

After I went to church this morning, I was driving around listening to the end of the Chiefs game and decided to drive into East Jordan...

On October 11, 2021, a family I know and love lost their 21-year-old daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece and cousin. Others lost their...

I spent Thursday driving from Kansas City, Missouri to East Jordan, Michigan. I left at 10:30 a.m. CST, stopped briefly three times...

In late April after unexpectedly losing my job, I decided to put my house on the market so I would be ready to move out of the area if...

I recently took a walk early one morning when there was a gentle, cool breeze, and the sun was shining brightly in a perfectly clear,...

This is a photo of one of the Facebook Memories that appeared this week. I couldn’t mean these words more if I wrote them today. In the...

From the time I started writing about my journey, first on Facebook then through these blogs, I have been struck by the comments about...