Reprinted from CrunchyTales.com, #mymidlife I remember when my first child left for college. A few days later, I was unloading the dishwasher and suddenly this whoosh of emptiness came upon me. For years his life meshed with mine and then, suddenly, that whole chapter closed. He had been a huge part of my daily routine for so long: and as a minivan…
Happy Anniversary to me! What a crazy year it was to launch a business. But here we are...one year later and I’m feeling strong and confident. At the beginning, I was afraid of trying something new. To get my message out, I started writing, but how would I be received? What the heck would I write about? Could I inform,…
This is a story of a rocky road, a journey, and new beginnings. You can’t tell by looking at this photograph of me, but this was not the idyllic, scenic journey it appears to be. I was actually caught between a literal rock and a hard place. The day started out reasonably. Nice, even. I was hiking on the…
It's my birthday week so I got to thinking about my own children... “Hold on a second, there might be another one!” What would you think if your obstetrician, after a moment of silence during a sonogram, says this out loud???? You might be thinking any combination of thoughts: This is not what I signed up for! My car isn’t…