What’s Not to Love About Brunch?

What’s not to love about brunch? There is a certain joy that comes with Sunday Brunch. The friendship, the conversations, the memories made, and the excellent dishes. I have to tell you, I truly do love me some brunch. I try to get a brunch scheduled with friends at least once per month, although our hectic calendars can make that a difficult task. …

3 Reasons Why My Divorce Was Positive For My Kids

When I wrote the Yahoo! article, Why My Divorce was the Best Thing for My Kids, I expected there would be varying feedback. I am not afraid to say it aloud: my divorce was positive! When I got married I did not expect it would end in divorce. I hoped it would last and be something that I would enjoy throughout …

For Mother’s Day: A Letter to My Children

To My Children: Being a mother is the most challenging, and rewarding, experience of my life. You have taught me what it means to be unconditionally loved, how to unconditionally love another, to want something better for someone else than what I want for myself, and helped me understand who I am in ways I don’t know that I would have ever discovered …

A Baby Boy Gone, But Not Forgotten

  When I came across this Facebook page for International Bereaved Mother’s Day I was hit with a wave of sadness. The memories of losing my first-born son are just as painful today as they were almost 17 years ago when he was born & died; unable to overcome the abnormalities he suffered as a result of a rare chromosomal disorder …