Tag: #liferealrawbrokenbeautiful
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Imperfect Christmas Wishes
My wish for you this holiday is to let go. Let go and find the space to rest, to love your people fully, and to find your own peace, joy, laughter and togetherness among the imperfection.
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Faces Behind the Statistics – World Mental Health Day 2019
Worldwide more than 300 million people of all ages live with depression. My 13year old son is one of those people, but he’s not a statistic and he’s not defined by his diagnosis. See the faces and know the stories behind the statistics. #WorldMentalHealthDay is a reminder that there are real people behind the statistics.…
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(My) Saving Grace
Tomorrow is “Gotcha Day” – the one year anniversary of the day Grace joined our family. She is the best impulsive decision I ever made. We “rescued” Grace, but she has “saved” me over and over again in the past year. In her memoir “Leaving Church”, Barbara Brown Taylor tells about a time she was invited to speak at…
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Pardon My Language
A few days back I had an epiphany of sorts…. You guys – it’s flat out brutal around here. The man child is an absolute wreck. The girl child is alternately hiding from the chaos in the house and inserting herself right into the middle. My husband has traveled for work more in the past…
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Don’t Burst My Bubble!
“I’m not supposed to be here,” I whispered to myself at least 9 times today….once upon waking in my own bed, once as I soothed an anxiety induced spiral in my 13 year old son on our way to school, at least twice sitting in my office at church, once waiting in line to pick…
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Me & My Shadow 2.0
Both of my kids are in a youth theater production of Peter Pan this week. Being a devoted mom, sucker, I volunteered to help as an usher at two days of preview shows for local schools and then sat in the audience on opening night. It was a ton of Neverland in a small window of time!…
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Beyond the Label
What I know to be true is that my son wants to be fully and genuinely seen and accepted for who he is – and ASD is a piece of what makes him whole. So for him, and for every other child and adult on the spectrum (and for the people who love them) I…
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Hard Choices and the Space Between
It’s been almost 3 years since we made the decision to use medication as a tool to help my son manage his mental health. 3 years of the trial and error that is inherent to the delicate balance between brain chemistry and drug efficacy. 3 years of weighing potential and actual side effects against positive…
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Anybody Have a Map?
March 8. International Women’s Day. My social media feeds are full of inspirational and aspirational posts celebrating women. That’s nice. It’s nice to have a “day” to celebrate the achievements – both big and small – of women. It’s nice to have an opportunity to celebrate women leaving their lasting fingerprints and legacy. There’s no…
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2018 In Review…The Year of Sloth & Grace
2018 was a year in which I acquired two spirit animals – Sloth & Grace Sloth Admittedly, I think sloths are adorable. But I’m not talking about the three-toed mammals who hang out in the trees of rainforests. I’m talking about the passion of sloth which is a hallmark of an enneagram 9. Sloth in…
We're All A Little Broken 