Friends
"Show me your friends and I'll show you your future." -Dan Pena The box pictured above was a gift one of my friends made for me and gave to me this morning. He has cut down trees for a living and this wood used to make this special keepsake box was not bought in a...
A Story About Alcohol
If I had to mark in time when alcohol became unhealthy for me, this would be it. May 2015. Nine months after Jerry died, my hero, my best friend, the love of my life, a big strong sexy Green Beret who was smart as hell and had a heart of gold. May 2015. Too much...
Everything I Ever Wanted
When I think about life, sometimes things can seem so dark and stormy and sad, but it's usually because I am looking at the "gap" instead of the "gain." I learned about this concept from author Annie Grace; this idea that "the only yardstick by which one should...
From More to Enough
I have always had the problem of more. If it feels good, I want more of it. If a little is good, a lot MUST be better, right?! It hit me two nights ago while making a smoothie dessert for me and my kids. As I put EXTRA cacao in the blender, capitalization essential...
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.