I was on the plane in my seat looking out the window when a family walked up; mom, dad, and daughter. Mom sits down in the aisle and instructs the dad and daughter to sit across from her. Dad realizes they have the seats wrong and someone needs to sit next to me in the […]

I was numb, crying, thinking of my boys and how broken hearted they would be about this news. Their little precious souls are too young to have to face this cold, harsh, part of life. Can I protect them from this for a little while longer? From the sting that life can give unexpectedly and […]

On the pathfinder where I run in Bartlesville, Ok, there is a bridge that goes over the Caney River. It is beautiful. Some days I just run out and back to the fallen mossy tree and some days I run all the way across both the wooden bridge and the green bridge all the way to Silver Lake Road.

2020 has been a difficult year – for all of us. I went through another difficult year. For me, it was my most difficult year ever. For many 2020 has been a year of devastation, for me, my devastation came a few years previous.  It was the kind of experience that might be described as ashes. […]

As I slip on my running shoes and grab my running belt, I walk outside to my beautiful oak tree turning a fierce orange and ruby grapefruit red. I walk to the stop sign and then start my jog. I run by the little “y” shaped crossing where my kids come to play with their […]