I grew up watching my mother prepare for the day in front of her vanity. I loved watching her primp and prep. She was a college professor and took how she presented herself very seriously, yet she remained elegant and classy. She planned her outfits from head to toe and…

I am not a real writer, this I know. I don’t have tons of personal essays saved. What I do have, though, are many “starts” to a post. A post I may never post, or a post I revisit, revise and post, or a post created when I was really…

I’ve been thinking of how I want to live my life, and I have decided on a list of things I will and won’t be doing this year. I will continue to support women. Women-owned businesses, women’s rights, women voices…I am here for all of us. I will love myself…

What if we all treated each other with kindness year-round? The holidays will soon be past us, and I am pretty relieved. If I had children, I’m sure I’d feel differently. The holidays give me anxiety about all the things and feelings I “should” have this time of year: over-excitement…

If you asked someone to describe me, they’d use words like “tough”, “strong”, or “independent”. This can mean that I come off as a bit of a “badass”, which is true. I am definitely a strong badass with what I’ve been going through. However this has me thinking…do people confuse…

This is the first week since June that I am not thinking about having a craniotomy, brain cancer, chemo or radiation 24/7. For the last 6 months, since my fall that started all of this, all I have been doing is managing appointments, going for tests, screenings and lab visits…

Wait, what the hell is going on? On June 9, I was walking down a flight of stairs with boxes, my purse, my many insulated cups (you get the idea) and I slipped and fell down about 6 steps, landing on my head. No concussion, but a CT scan found…

As an only child, I was told from an early age that I would be inheriting many important things from my mother, and our extended family, which were passed down to her. …

I’m glad it’s 2021, but it feels a lot like 2020. 2020 broke my spirit. Losing my mom was a big part of that, but dealing with the pandemic, a new job, and trying to put things in perspective at the same time was too much for me. I crawled…