This blog is specifically for the mom’s out there but I hope it holds something for everyone… This is the first year I don’t have a mother to love on. After my mom passed in 2012, I doubled down on my focus on my mother-in-law, Eileen. This is our first Mother’s Day without her. Eileen […]
I’m not burned out!
In my last blog, I mentioned that when I initially told people I was taking a sabbatical, many jumped to the conclusion that I was burned out. That assumption frustrated me. I received a number of replies to that article (thank you) and one person’s question has been sitting with me: “What makes how […]
Lost pieces, returned
The stories I want to tell you are tumbling over themselves to get out. For a few days, I’ve been trying to write the one I thought should be first. It’s a story about how people have tried to put my sabbatical in a box and how frustrating that is. “You were burned out, […]
Update from Sabbatical-land
A few days ago I shared that Spirit told me I’ll be back to work come mid-June. It is a weird feeling to have been “out of the world” for so long and know I’m coming back. I spent at least 40% of this sabbatical wondering what my return date would be. In January […]
Will It Grow or Shrink?
It’s early and once again I find myself sitting with my coffee thinking of you. Right before I was thinking of you I was thinking of someone I love(d).