First of all…Happy Birthday, Taylor Swift! Yesterday I figured out the answer to a question people have been asking me over the past year-ish- “You’re a Swifty?!?!??!? How did that happen???” The only answer I have been able to come up with until yesterday (watching episodes 1 and 2 of her new docuseries) was, “Well,Continue reading “Little Truth Tales #31: How Taylor Swift Saved Me”
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Little Truth Tales #30: Yom Kippur
This morning I woke up, knowing I wanted to reach out to my kids, to say something meaningful of thought provoking…because today is Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews. I decided on a group text that went like this: And after sending that, an idea formed in my mind. I thoughtContinue reading “Little Truth Tales #30: Yom Kippur”
Little Truth Tales #27: FIVE Years
Five years ago today, I woke up, got my coffee, broke out my glitter, my paints, glue sticks and other pretty and shiny things that I love to use. I was setting up to make a 3 year anniversary card for my guy. It was a quiet, and soon to be very hot morning. RichContinue reading “Little Truth Tales #27: FIVE Years”
Little Truth Tales #26: Thirty Years
I’m getting ready to head up to see my first born son…for his 30th birthday! There are so many reasons why I can’t believe I get to say that..three stand out above all others- 1) That means I am extremely old. And. 2) I became a mom 30 years ago. And 3) I didn’t thinkContinue reading “Little Truth Tales #26: Thirty Years”
Truth Tale #25: Here’s The Answer to The Question I Can’t Stand
I just did a mad dash down to the car inspection place, to check one more thing off the “have to” list that piles up. I could feel my jaw tighten, my foot push the gas peddle harder, my music louder as I raced (for no reason) through streets that have many unhoused humans, manyContinue reading “Truth Tale #25: Here’s The Answer to The Question I Can’t Stand”
Truth Tale #24: And the Connections Continue
With so much global grief and being baffled by human beings too often, I feel a pinch of gratitude and hope when something like this happens. Connection. Random (or not so random) actions, serendipity, a feeling of, “Thank you for reminding me that there is magic, even when the world is on fire.” I gotContinue reading “Truth Tale #24: And the Connections Continue”
Little Truth Tales #23: Why? No, but really…WHY?!
Wednesday morning started out like any other morning. No it didn’t. We have a puppy now, so add that in. I open my eyes, and check my newsfeed, to make sure that I know about all of the horrific events that took place while I slept. Actually, that’s not entirely true…first I pray, then IContinue reading “Little Truth Tales #23: Why? No, but really…WHY?!”
Truth Tale #22: The Gut Wrenching Intuition of a Relapse
I can not count the number of times I have said to 10 years worth of therapists, case managers, doctors…”This is the beginning of a relapse!” well before a drug has been pick up. As his mom, I always know. I can feel it like a light dusting of snow, gradually falling on my face; I feelContinue reading “Truth Tale #22: The Gut Wrenching Intuition of a Relapse”
Truth Tale # 21: For Brandon- February 27th, 2002-November 4th, 2022
Truth be told, I did not wake up today knowing it was Fentanyl Prevention & Awareness Day. I did wake up knowing I had lunch plans with a dear friend who lost her son to fentanyl. When I learned that my lunch and this awareness day were on the same day, it felt the rushContinue reading “Truth Tale # 21: For Brandon- February 27th, 2002-November 4th, 2022”
Truth Tale #20: Can You Say FAILURE and Your Child’s Name in One Sentence?
I do not know the first time I heard the term Failure to Launch. I don’t know what I thought about it when I heard it. I think I was too frozen in fear, fear for my son’s survival, to care what it sounded like. I was just grateful to find something that best describedContinue reading “Truth Tale #20: Can You Say FAILURE and Your Child’s Name in One Sentence?”
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