A Love Letter to Grief, Death & The Dearly Departed
It has been a week and a day since the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, their friends John, Keri and Alyssa Altobelli, Christina Mauser, Ara Zobayan, and Sarah and Payton Chester. Every day since it happened, the only word I can use to describe my mood and this dark cloud hanging […]
Rising From the Ashes – Woolsey Fire 2018
It has been a long time since I’ve sat down at this computer to write. Like, a really long time. As a writer, I almost always feel a deep burden to capture the essence of my experience and my thoughts and feelings around it just so, all the while being careful not to choke the […]
How my 2 year old, an old wooden beam, and a neighborhood walk reminded me that the journey is the reward
I don’t know about you, but I’ve a very good taskmaster. I get very focused on the goal, put up my blinders, and to heck with everything else until the task is done. This can be both a blessing and a curse. Going for a walk? There must be a goal: to get to the […]
If Your Future Self Could Send You A Message, What Would It Tell You?
I was reading a great book the other day called Quiet by Susan Cain, and near the end of the book, a man named David Weiss, a drummer and music journalist, told a story that really resonated with me. He was a nerdy kid who didn’t fit in, but he now lives in New York […]
The Day I met Elizabeth Gilbert (and a story about Magic you will have to read to believe)
A wise yoga instructor of mine said that micro movements over time bring massive change. (I’m going to give you a minute to let that one sink in) Micro movements over time will bring massive change. That very rule of law is how someone can go from flabby to buff in seemingly no time at […]
Catch me on Good Day LA Friday March 23rd for Foodie Friday!
Hello, my friends! I’ve been at this food thing for a long time. Ok, maybe not that long in human years, but in dog years, it’s been like…at least forty. Ten years ago, I went from being the girl who made cakes from a box (just add water, eggs, and oil – easy, peasy) and […]
Dear me: A love note to my imperfect self
After almost 35 years on this planet, almost 35 years of different hairstyles, questionable and not-so-questionable fashion choices, interesting friends and schools, different reasons to love myself and a heck of a lot more reasons not to, if I could write a love letter to myself, it would read: Dear self, You are perfectly imperfect. […]
Adventures in parenting, lesson #157: Patience, Play-Doh, and Preschoolers (read this is you want to laugh today)
*Note: I wrote this a few months ago, but my daughter is still very much into Play-doh, and has since lost the pink one by flushing it down the toilet (my favorite color. Figures) . Yes. The whole tub. Thank goodness for my husband’s daring plumbing rescue. Read on to find out why the heck […]
If you like to be right all the time, read this.
Being right all the time is pretty fun. I mean, maybe not all the time, but most of the time. I mean, who likes to be wrong? I’m happy to report (with no smugness at all, haha), that when I am wrong, even though it feels horrible, I’m pretty good at taking responsibility for it. […]
Writer’s Block and a Confession I’m Absolutely Terrified to Share With You
I have a confession to make. Since my last post (you know, the one where I admitted that I was breaking down?), I’ve been unearthing a lot of shit (sorry, there is no better word to describe it). I’m talking unprocessed experiences I’ve been storing in my cells and nervous system, limiting beliefs I didn’t […]
