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Summer Blog Series: Using Your Story to Propel you Forward

Enlightenment is growing all the time. It is not something that happens once and is then complete.” -Rhich Nhat Hanh A million steps backwards — that’s what it felt like. I sat in my Chicago hotel room, picking at the room-service Caesar salad. My appetite had all but diminished the past two days, my mind …

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Always There: A Post for My Mom

My Mama mapped out the road that she knows Which hands you shake and which hands you hold In my hand-me-down Mercury, ready to roll She knew that I had to go” -Sugarland, Already Gone My mom moseyed into my bedroom and surveyed the surroundings. “You’re not really going all the way to Chapel Hill, …

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My Proof: An Ode to National Poetry Month and My First Piece of Writing

Believe in yourself, even when all hope seems lost Believe in others, even when they’ve given up on themselves Believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel Believe that you may be that light for someone else. — Megan Morrison, Lessons for Life “It’s National Poetry Month, and so I’d like to … Continue reading My Proof: An Ode to National Poetry Month and My First Piece of Writing

Release Day: Why I’m Sharing My Story

It’s important that we share our experiences with other people. Your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else. When you tell your story, you free yourself and give other people permission to acknowledge their own story.” -Iyanla Vanzant Today, February 27th, 2017, I published my second book. If everything had gone … Continue reading Release Day: Why I’m Sharing My Story

Countdown to Release: Mañana

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tunes without the words and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson I had my new year’s blog post ready to go, a positive yet simple declaration that 2017 would be the year I’d get “stronger” than ever; Amidst worsening pain … Continue reading Countdown to Release: Mañana

Countdown to Release: Why I Wrote a “Sequel”

It’s what we think we know that keeps us from learning.” -Claude Bernard “I need to tell you something funny about your book.” The Facebook post from one of my best friends caused an instant stir of emotions. It had been a little over a month since I’d handed my manuscript over to 7 friends … Continue reading Countdown to Release: Why I Wrote a “Sequel”

Defining 2016

The goal is not to change who you are, but to become more of who you are at your best.” -Sally Hogshead The accolade made me laugh, “I just finished a book award.” Someone at my company had remembered the story of when I’d regaled a bunch of comrades with my biggest accomplishment, only to … Continue reading Defining 2016

The Comeback Kid

 She was unstoppable, not because she did not have failures or doubts, but because she continued on despite them.” -Beau Taplin I can feel it in my bones, in my head, and in my heart: I have not left the country in a year. My travel bug to get back overseas — to Europe, Asia, … Continue reading The Comeback Kid

Peace: A Christmas Wish

 Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.” I’ve done the whole cactus Christmas thing — 80 degrees, lights on palm trees, nothing more than a light jacket as I shop for presents. No doubt the sunshine and warmth proved enjoyable, and in those moments, made me think  I was born … Continue reading Peace: A Christmas Wish

Being Human: A Long Overdue Story about a Long Journey of a Lesson

   Would you do it again… would you give Maya the letter? Some who know about it have asked me, as if I could actually turn back time. Would I give her the letter, knowing it would push away the person who’d been my comfort through my dad’s alcoholism and parents’ divorce; knowing that it … Continue reading Being Human: A Long Overdue Story about a Long Journey of a Lesson