It’s not the thing.  

It’s your energy.  

It’s THE energy you bring to it.  

...

I bought sunflower seeds for 74 cents two months ago

They came with easy no-kill-anyone-can-do-this directions

firmly telling me I had a limited...

I think there are soul mates that find each other
disrupt each other
break each other
and fall apart with each other.

I think there are soul mates...

The Edge.

I can see her standing there on the edge of the cliff
Her toes touching the hard rock
Curled down
Clinched tight.

I imagine her feeling...

Two weeks ago, I had major surgery.

This one is a long recovery & I have to remind myself to go slow because all my healing is on the inside

...

Two Things that MIGHT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE to Someone Today.

WHAT IF we thought about the word COST differently?

Often, we think of this small but...

I had my first seizure last Tuesday.

I know…What the what?! Who includes that in their list of “firsts?”

And holy what...

I was left for dead.

So yeah…

I’m making sure they see me living.

I say out loud what others think in their heads

I step up when...

You are Not the Exception to the Rule.

I know you think you are, but you’re not so stop the one-way dirt road thinking that is causing you...

Why do we wait until it’s too late?

Until our back is up against the wall

Until the doctor says so

Until the bill is past due

Until the...

For the person waiting on...

The right time

More money

A proposal

Kids to go back to school

Kids to go to college

A better job

A medical test

For...

I remember when I couldn't say his name.
Uttering the word just seemed odd
made it weird
and unreal
Like he was just some made up monster talked...

When we were kids and we used to pass notes in class

Remember?

We drew little square boxes

Do you like me

We wrote

Check Yes or Check No. Full of...

I am not an "eventually" kind of woman. I am the kind of woman you scoop up and claim and embrace before someone else will. I am not

an...

I hate rules. 

I am the FIRST to say let’s break them. Find a way around them. 

BUT, in all my breaking 

I’ve...