Take the Bad with the Good (Why Things Are Not All or Nothing)
I’m reading a book called “Fish in a Tree” with my 11-year old son, Andrew, and the father of the main character (an 11-year old girl) is in the military. “The military seems pointless,” Andrew said as we were reading tonight, interrupting the story. What?? “What?” I asked. “What do you mean?” “We’re not at…
In a World That Feels Totally Out of Control, Here’s How I have Found Some
We go through life, day by day, some things meaning nothing, other things meaning everything. And we never know when these “everything” moments are going to happen. And sometimes the “nothings” become everything. My mood yesterday was in the toilet. I found out that my kid’s school district was going virtual until January. January! We…
Getting Myself Out of a Toxic Relationship
I’m about to get real personal and extremely vulnerable here. For the past 20 years, I have struggled with my weight. I have refused to share this story of struggle because I thought this was my story. Nobody else needed to know about it. I would deal with it on my own, fix it on…
My Relationship with COVID-19: I Would Like to Break Up
A therapist I once knew said, “Your body doesn’t lie.” I will never forget those words. The physical reaction to a situation that your body has is your truth. Whether it’s an overreaction, a reaction others might deem ridiculous, an underreaction…it doesn’t matter. It’s your body’s unique reaction and it’s something you have no control…
My Dearest Fifth Graders (From Your Elementary School)
Your ghosts are here, and I am too, I patiently await. Your untimely arrival, Then I’ll open up my gate. The quad you sang your songs in, I quietly sang, too, Your school pride bursting at my seams, oh how I miss you. I’ve seen your tears on drop-off day, As moms waved you goodbye,…
Dear Ava – A Poem for My 4-Year- Old Daughter During Quarantine
Little girl, you’re only four and nothing is the same, The parks are marked with yellow tape and everything has changed. Masks in place of smiles have put questions in your eyes, A silent monster in our midst keeps us living in disguise. The friends that you once played with did not hide away from…
Master’s degree musings from two months ago – School before COVID
I wrote this post three weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic. I was rushing through life just as we all were. I’m so glad I wrote this and never published it (because I hadn’t yet finished creating my new blog), so it was still sitting here on my computer waiting to be posted. I read through…
Going back to school at 40 – the path that led me here
Someone who recently read my last couple of blog posts but didn’t fully read my website bio asked, “So, what’s your midlife reinvention?” I know that most people don’t always read every word of a website they’re browsing, so I wanted to dedicate this blog post to what exactly I’m reinventing at the age of…
Whac-A-Mole is not suited for isolation!
The other night, my husband, Bobby, came downstairs after the kids were in bed and I was just sitting at our countertop, chin propped in my hands. Apparently I was staring into space and he said, “Is everything ok? You look…different.” Different? That can’t be good… I looked up at him with tears in my…
America’s Mindset Shifts As We Navigate COVID-19, Together
The irony of creating a blog that contains the word “reinvention” in the middle of a worldwide pandemic that changed everyone’s lives overnight is definitely not lost on me. We are all in the middle of reinventing our lives as I write this. We’ve been at it for a few weeks now. When the scare…
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