Tag: love
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I Never Had a Favorite Child
So, I came across this quote today: “I never loved one of you more than another.” I stopped on it and realized it resonated with me because, as a mother, I know exactly what it was trying to say. I have never looked at my children and thought, I love this one more. I also…
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Be Their Lighthouse
Every Fall, I become a little nostalgic. Maybe it’s the crispness in the air, the changing leaves, the fact that I can make a coffee, not forget it on the counter and actually get to work on time. Or maybe it’s because fall has always been a reminder of how quickly time moves. When my…
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Stop Expecting More from People Than They Can Give
When you’re someone who naturally gives your time, energy, and empathy; it can be hard to understand why others don’t operate the same way. You show up and go the extra mile. You often anticipate needs before they’re spoken. In return, you hope for at least some version of that care back but instead, you…
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Some People Will Never Meet The Real You
Do you ever worry about the many versions of you that exist out there in the world? There’s the version of you your closest friends know. The version your children know. The version your coworkers know. There’s the version of you that only comes out when you’re alone; the one who laughs, cries, overthinks, falls…
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The Stars are aligning and we are too
I’ve recently said, I wish I was a science geek back in my younger years. I would have pursued a career in it. I know, they say it’s never too late, but I guess I’m looking ahead and seeing retirement on the horizon, which honestly sounds pretty appealing too. 😂 My point in all of…
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Just Let Me Dream
Has anyone else had that Beaches song stuck in their head ever since Off Campus used it? You know the one where she sings, “She’s a fire sign… and I don’t even know what that means.” Every time I hear that line, I laugh because I don’t really know what it means either. I do…
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In the end, it doesn’t matter
A friend of mine lost her ex-husband recently. That sentence sounds simple enough, but their story wasn’t. Like many couples who have spent any amount of time together, they had a history. The kind that couldn’t be summed up in a sentence or two. There had been love, dreams and memories once upon a time.…
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When nothing gets resolved
I think most of us have experienced a blow-up with someone we love—a moment that could have led to resolution, or at least an honest conversation… and then nothing. The tension fades, the topic gets dropped, and life quietly goes back to normal.It’s almost like there’s an unspoken agreement to pretend it never happened. But…
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A Psychic Told Me to Throw Rocks
A week ago, I booked a reiki session that quickly turned to a psychic reading. Now, before you roll your eyes or assume I’ve gone completely off the deep end, hear me out. I’ve always been fascinated by the idea that sometimes people can see things differently than we do. Whether that’s intuition, energy, life…
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The Cat Didn’t Second-Guess Anything
Recently, my daughter’s boyfriend sent her a picture of the most beautiful little furball. She showed up on the steps of the cottage he’s staying at and helped herself to his lobster fishing gear like she had an open invitation. Make no mistake, this was no stray cat. We’re assuming it’s a female, she was…
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The Noise Isn’t the Destination
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every barking dog.” — Winston Churchill I read this quote recently and found it profoundly interesting, it hits a little harder when you’ve lived long enough to know exactly what those “barking dogs” sound like. They aren’t always the obvious critics or…
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The Quiet Power of Walking Away from Gossip
Gossip is one of those things that slips into everyday life so easily we barely notice it happening. It can start as concern, curiosity, or even connection but in the mix of all of that, it often turns into something heavier. Something that doesn’t sit quite right. I’ve been on both sides of it. I’ve…
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Proof that hard seasons end
There’s a morning every spring where I get up for my daily walk and there’s a noticeable difference in the air, today was that day. There is usually still snow piled along the driveway, although most of it has melted here on the east coast where I live. Mornings still bite a little when you…
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You Are Not Everyone’s Emotional Lifeboat — Let Them Learn to Swim
Depending on where you are in your own healing journey, you may or may not realize that you’ve spent a lifetime treading water for everyone else. Whether that means you were the one who stayed calm in chaos, or listened without interrupting when a friend or family member needed to vent, or maybe you’ve just…
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The Woman I Raised Is Teaching Me How to Be One
When I was growing up, being a “good woman” meant being agreeable. It meant keeping the peace and not making things awkward. There was an unwritten expectation to smooth things over when someone else made a mess and to carry more than your share all the while calling it love. The word no didn’t come…
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Hurt People Hurt People… But I’m Tired of That Being an Excuse
Hurt people hurt people my therapist said it to me years ago, since then, I’ve read it in books, heard it in every self help podcast and I’ve repeated it myself and it’s true; pain that isn’t healed often spills out sideways through sharp words, emotional distance, defensiveness, addiction, control, or silence. I understand all…
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The great divide: walking my dad home
This spring will mark three years since my dad died of cancer. Do you ever look back at your life and divide it into “before” and “after”? For me, that moment was losing a parent. When my dad first told me he had colon cancer, I was in shock. I never imagined cancer would touch…
The Other Side of Nice 