Fear was instilled in me at a very early age. From my earliest memories of childhood, I was taught that the world was not a safe place, I would be hurt either physically or emotionally, I shouldn’t trust anyone, and to never ever do anything…
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I can feel that little bubble beginning to form in the pit of my stomach. What an opportunity! I am excited, elated actually, but at the same time I’m afraid. Writing is something that I have tinkered with all my life. From the time I was a child I…
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There were things I knew and things I learned as a child. One thing I knew without a shadow of a doubt was that animals were also love and light with their own lessons about the world. My first pet was Buddy. Part Great Dane and part…
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How do you wake up each day? What’s the sound of your morning alarm? Reflect here for a moment. How you awake in the morning may seem like an unimportant detail of life, it may be something you’ve not even put any thought…
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When I first found out that it was unlikely I’d ever have a child, I walked. I put the leash on my dog and we just went walking. We walked for miles. We walked for hours. We didn’t have any particular destination in mind. We just walked. I…
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From my old journal: September 3, 2014 – Los Angeles • It was the scariest, saddest time of my life. I was beyond weak physically and spiritually and had to dig DEEP down to find the last drops of energy to do it. There’s almost no…
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