14 WAYS TO GET LUCKY IN LIFE Occasionally I write a blog that makes people mad I guess this blog might anger some and stir up strange feelings in others That’s okay I’m not always going to say what you […]...
MARRYING A WIDOW This post was written in 2014 by Keith, Michelle’s fiance just a few weeks before their marriage In a few days, I will be marrying my beautiful fiancee, Michelle She will become my wife, but I am […]...
WIDOWHOOD: THE GLASS HO– USE OF GRIEF Welcome to widowhood I’m giving you fair warning this journey will be perhaps the crappiest you ever endure This journey is difficult regardless of your kind of loss It may have come as […]...
STOP COMPARING DEATH AND DIVORCE Please just stop A few weeks after my late husband passed away was my first preview into the competitive world of, whats worse, death or divorce and it made me infuriated Here I was, a […]...
WHEN YOU’RE OKAY The past few days I spent in my old town, just a few doors down from the house we lived in when he died This was also the house we brought our babies home to after their […]...
Nearly three years ago I married my now husband Keith and added two amazing kids to my life Keith, of course, added two kids to his life as well and we became a blended family of six It’s complicated, as […]...
He was one of the most important parts of my life for more than fifteen years We traveled, we explored, we lived and loved He made me his wife, and I made him my husband We welcome two beautiful kids […]...
Tomorrow I send my babies back to school…again It’s an exciting night for homes across the country, as kids prepare for a new year and parents trust their chosen school and teachers to help guide their children for a few […]...
TELL ME ABOUT MY DADDY… “Mommy, tell me about my Daddy please” She looked at me with her big blue eyes, and she didn’t falter It was the evening of her eleventh birthday, and the first time in eight years […]...
18 CRITICAL THINGS TO GIVE UP IN 2018 It’s the end of another year and time for those time-honored New Year resolutions We do it every year We promise to drop weight, get healthy, fix our lives in one way […]...
BEFORE THE NEXT STAGE It seems like yesterday that the doctor placed you in my arms and I fell in love You were, and still are incredible So tiny So innocent So perfect within your newness I didn’t know that […]...
MANGO LOVE!!! THE WORLD LOVES MANGO!! Did you know that MORE fresh mangos are eaten every single day around the world than any other fruit As an American that blows my mind Our country sees to be obsessed with bananas […]...
