Category Archives: Introductions

Redeemed.  This was the hardest part of my grief journey to write about. Partly because it is still ongoing and partly because it is so profound-I don’t want to understate it.  But mostly, it was hard because I worry that the take away will be, ‘phew, she’s all better now” or even worse “see, everythingContinue reading “Redeemed”

I am an enneagram 8. (Click here to learn more about the enneagram-I have found it to be an amazingly helpful tool) For those of you who don’t know, the two most common nicknames for an enneagram 8 are the challenger or the confronter. So that was the personality type I brought to my griefContinue reading “Loved”

Nobody wants to be defined by the worst thing that ever happened to them.  Nobody wants to be a sad story, I certainly don’t.  But much of my current life is because of the worst thing that’s ever happened to me.  A guest on one of my favorite podcasts framed it this way, “I loveContinue reading “Held”

I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, Terrible Thanks for Asking, and the popular phrase, “Good Vibes Only” came up. Together the host and the guest discussed how unrealistic and limited that phrase is. No one has good vibes only and it’s unfair to ask that of people. The -new and improved- phraseContinue reading “Introductions”