fresh starts

Not Our Timing

I remember the first time I saw my husband, I thought he was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. I wondered how the other people who saw him there didn’t feel as dizzy as I did. I remember my first impression, that he wasn’t just beautiful but captivating in every way. We met becauseContinue reading “Not Our Timing”

Poem: A New Season

Today marks the start of spring – and after a cold Midwest winter no one is more excited than I am – and to mark the new season I wanted to share a poem from an upcoming poetry collection. I wrote “A New Season” as I embarked on a new season of my own lifeContinue reading “Poem: A New Season”

Shining Hard

The last six weeks have been very hectic. I sold my house and moved hundreds of miles. I did this while recovering from the COVID fatigue and getting back into my lifting routine, and working everyday. I also used this time to have numerous dental appointments, because why not?! My adventure is another story forContinue reading “Shining Hard”

Always Time for New Adventures

I turn 40 in 600 days. The last time I wrote about the countdown I wrote about the goals I have about turning 40, and the hope I have in the next decade of my life for new adventure. A lot has happened since then. I have already found myself down unknown roads, I haveContinue reading “Always Time for New Adventures”

Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.” Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery It is fitting to start a new project and a new era with a quote by my most favorite and beloved childhood fictional heroine, Anne Shirley. Anne was probably the reason I became a writer. She is certainly theContinue reading “Fresh Starts”