Last year began with more funerals than weddings, snowstorms than sunshine, and more devastating news than glimmers of hope. That particular January felt colder than usual. I'm not sure if it was the actual weather conditions, or the condition of my own heart. I'd experienced hardship and wrestled my own "inner demons" before, but this was a time I did not even recog[...]
She's free spirited. She's energetic. She's young. You might even remark or think amongst yourself that you'd like to know what life is like in her shoes. To be in young skin - maybe even twenty-six again - causes you to take an extra glance at her. After all, she's lived at nine different addresses, another coast, and two different countries in a four[...]
Dear 16 year old AG, In just a little over a week, you will say "GoodBye, 25" Veruca Salt circa 1997 style. You will have lived and breathed on Planet Earth for twenty six years. Sometimes that seems normal; other times it feels kind of surreal. The odds are forever and always against us in this world, and to survive - much less thrive - is kind of a miracle,[...]