I love special occasions.  I always have.  The anticipation alone is one of my favourite things. Having said that, I’ve always struggled to let go of the moment.  I would do everything possible to keep the feeling going. And I do this with a lot of things. I keep tags on my clothes for a […]

We think we know ourselves. We think we know what we’re capable of as parents and spouses and humans. We think we know the depths of our strength and our love and our courage. We think we know all of this…until we realize that we don’t. Until we sit in a room watching our life […]

I remember putting my son to bed one night when I suddenly noticed how big he had gotten.  I remember when he was just a baby and he used to comfortably fit – spread eagle – across a pillow on my lap.  All of the sudden, when I sat with him in his chair at […]

This month, my husband and I will celebrate our 12th wedding anniversary.  And when I think back to the various things that we’ve gone through, I believe that nothing has changed us more as individuals or as a couple then the birth of our children.  Nothing shaped us…tested us…and pushed us more than becoming parents.  […]

A few months ago, I was sitting in a room amid downtown Tacoma, Washington.  A group of absolutely amazing women sat in rows on wooden fold out chairs.  With all of their eyes looking intently upon me…I uttered four words that surprised even myself… “Art saved my life” I can remember being taken aback as […]

It’s never something you plan. You don’t mark it on a calendar and write it out as one of your goals. You don’t rally your friends to celebrate it and you don’t feel ready when and if it happens. No one ever plans to wage war on themselves.  No one ever plans to walk through […]