This Day
“Today is a limited edition. Only good for 24 hours. Get it while it lasts.” I saw this on a birthday card today and of course it caught my eye. I did marathon training today at the gym. I set a new record for myself. It was not much, but for me it was...
Loneliness and the Meaning of Life
Prologue: Why am I about to share something so personal? Because I have seen loneliness beyond myself. I have seen it in you. I have seen it in your eyes. I have heard it in your voice. I know. You know. You have it too. I care. I hurt for you. My heart aches for...
The Little Things
As Robert Brault said, “Enjoy the little things in life…for one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things.” It’s green lights all the way. It’s a soulful conversation with a stranger. It’s a letter from someone you love. It’s the $20 bill you find...
A Recipe for a Sweetly Simple Summer
Working since I was 14 years old when I was first offered a job at a hospital after being a candy striper, life has always been go-go-go. It has never been slow. Work and school, work and then work, marriage and kids, deployment and then death, then the branches of...
Nikola Rosa is an artistic rendering of the soul that has come to exist after rising from the ashes. Her thoughts are from Nancy Gass, and yet they are in some ways, a different person entirely. We all have hearts and souls that are a deep ocean of complexity and this dichotomy is no different.