Ten years ago this summer, my grandma shared this wisdom with me when she gifted me a ring my grandpa had made for her....

When they find out I’m a vet, everyone wants to know the "why." They ask, "What made you join the military?”...

When a plan fails, I step back and take a deep breath. Quick reactions hurt; not just the people we direct them at, but they hurt us too....

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I grew up in chaos. On March 17th, 2020 chaos reared its ugly head & turned my world upside down once again....

Either way, I would become enraged, but I never acted out of anger (don't think I didn't want to, I just chose the high road)....

Today, April 23rd, is National Grief-in-Public Day. Ok, so honestly I had no idea this was a thing until recently......

I was done, broken, & desperate. I wanted it all to end…...

They say if you claim something is true long enough, eventually you’ll believe it as well. That’s where I was. Living my own make-believe story....

This morning as I was making my coffee, I realized just how isolated I've become. I'm actually quite the hermit these days....

He was nothing more than a skeleton with skin draped across his bones. His eyes were empty when he looked at us & we knew his time was coming soon....

While I didn't initiate every fight, I certainly didn't back down once challenged. Whether he "threw the first punch" or I did, it didn't matter....

That was a battle I wasn’t prepared to fight. How do you calmly & lovingly explain to your daddy that his body can no longer support his weight? How do you tell your daddy that...

By the end of the seven days, my dad decided to stop all cancer treatments & transition to home hospice. Exactly one week after my dad was admitted to the hospital, I cleared out his...

My dad was delirious & continued to yell at the paramedics as they strapped him to the stretcher. When they passed through the last doorway, my dad caught hold of the door frame &...