I feel physically ill. The news just came back that the body of the two-year-old dragged away by an alligator in Florida has been recovered. I can’t process it. My body is trembling and my eyes are heavy with tears on the cusp of falling. Two years old. Snatched by an alligator. At Disney World….
Finding Meaning In Parenthood
I’m back in the Huffington Post with my story on seeking spirituality after becoming a mom. Being a parent is scary. Life hands you this beautiful, helpless baby and says “Good luck! He/she’s in your hands now!” I needed some guidance on what life was all about, and I found it… sort of. Here’s my…
I Don’t Want My Kids to Believe in Santa
Maybe I should re-title this, “Bah Humbug.” When I was a girl, I reveled in the magic of Christmas. Santa, reindeer, the North Pole… nothing was off the table when it came to what I believed to be true and what Christmas meant to me. Santa was as real to me as the ground…
The Gift of Unanswered Prayers
“Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers” - Garth Brooks I wish I had an old diary and could go back and reflect on all my past prayers/wishes/dreams. How many of them went unanswered? Probably 90%. And how many am I grateful went unanswered? Almost all of them. Let’s face it, we ask for stupid sh*t…
Mom’s Search for Meaning - A Quest for Answers & Support
I found myself visiting a local church one particularly vulnerable Sunday. I hadn’t explored religion since my youth, and never took it very seriously. But on this day, I felt empty and hopeless, and it suddenly made perfect sense to be there.