I didn’t realize how much I needed this most recent trip back to California until I was sitting on a plane watching my departure time quietly move later and later. There’s something humbling about flight delays. You can be organized,… Continue reading

Yesterday was my birthday.  It was also the final day of the Snake year. It was quiet. It was hard in places. It was full of long-distance love from family and friends who refused to let geography define connection.  And… Continue reading

I was walking today, thinking about a version of my life that feels like it belonged to someone else entirely. There was a time when my calendar looked like a professional sport. Soccer games, baseball games, and grocery runs that… Continue reading

As I step into this new year, I’m carrying deep gratitude for 2025, not because it was easy, but because it was necessary. The challenges and changes I faced weren’t setbacks; they were stepping stones leading me here. Every hard… Continue reading

I went from sunny Florida with blue skies, warm breezes, and morning light, to eight straight days of rain and no sun and counting.  If that doesn’t perfectly sum up how different this year has been, I don’t know what… Continue reading

A Year of Falling, Rising, and Flirting With My Future If I’ve learned anything this year, it’s this –  Life often shifts long before you understand the direction it’s taking you. It whispers before it shouts. It nudges before it… Continue reading

Somewhere between losing Sadie and trying to breathe in a house so quiet it echoes like an abandoned Costco, my girlfriends decided the cure was… Bumble. Because clearly, when you’re grieving, exhausted, and emotionally duct-taped together, the obvious remedy is… Continue reading