A journey through grief, growth, and healing, explored through the lens of gardening metaphors and personal reflection
Fallow Ground
Category: Aging
What Makes Me So Special?
When you experience a traumatic loss like the one we did, everyone tells you to expect people to say...
On Getting Old
At a neighborhood happy hour last night, pleasantly buzzed and comfortable in my own skin for once (it...
A Promise in There Somewhere
Dec 14, 2017. My foster son had his first sleepover with his biological family last night. The mixed emotions that came...
What I Learned From Laser Eye Surgery
Three years ago, I was liberated from the tyranny of glasses! After that very first-world surgery, I wrote this...
Confessions of a Reluctant Half-Marathon Runner
I just finished my last scheduled long run of the training season. Then a week of rest, and I’ll...
Grandma like a Child
You break my heart. There’s me on the left and you on the right. Ten minutes after we took this...