We got off the elevator knowing our room was just a short distance away. After an extremely long and hard day of travel, our reward was imminent. We rounded the corner of the hallway and we were smacked in the face with a cool burst of air. Air conditioning, ‘OH how I have missed you’. …
I Can Dance?
Each trip down to see my twin nieces, ‘the bubbies’, feels like finding a hidden portal to my childhood. One of my most favorite childhood memories was making up dance routines with my sister and our neighborhood friends. We would practice for hours in the middle of the street. (I can hear the gasps now! …
Magic Hipbone
Mamas, I wish I were able to calculate the staggering odds of what just happened to me! It was a Sunday, I was in my comfy stretch pants, and about to go downstairs. I had a hodge podge of items to put away, and not enough arms to do it. The efficiency freak in me …
Endure-(ance)
Infertility robbed me of many things. But, it was its lack of control that had the most lasting impact on me. My infertility journey was the one time in my life that I could not study, achieve, or work my way through a problem. Infertility didn’t care that I already had endured a hard childhood; …
The Worry Sweater
I woke up this morning… (WOW, that is the world’s most obvious statement!) I was completely rested and refreshed, without a single care in the world. My mind was blank. I was loose of any weight or worry. This feeling was very foreign to me. I soaked in this calmness wanting it to seep into …