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The 2020 Pandemic Exposed My Weaknesses, Defenses, Strengths, and Potential

Not unlike most of the world, 2020 threw me into a tailspin and exposed a shadow side I was unaware of. My last post was a tribute to turning 50, where the future was my to possess. Little did I know four weeks later, everyone's world would be turned upside down. And I would see just how emotionally unhealthy I really was.
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A Letter to My 8-Year-Old Self

You'll spend a lot of your life feeling like you don't fit in. Most of the time, you'll believe it's because you're not enough, and then you'll swing to you're just too much. Somewhere along the way, you'll lose yourself, but you'll discover her again. You will actually fall in love with her, and fitting in won't seem to be that big of a deal. But it will suck that the revelation comes so much later in life.

I Was Never Alone

“Mom, are you still awake?” Those were the softly spoken words released from the my bedroom doorframe. Of course I would say yes. These are the nights a mom lives for. It’s that moment you’re called up from obscurity and allowed into the…

Lies Of Loneliness

Loneliness is one of the loudest sounds of silence I've ever experienced in my life. It's a time when the only voice I could hear was the one inside my head, and it wasn't speaking anything that would bring about life. We've just finished the…