It's a Journey

Extortion, By any other name

Extortion, By Another Name Systems are insidious. They keep us trapped even when we know better. How do we escape one? I don't know. I'm part of this one. It surrounds me; I can't elude it, and I'm forced to be complicit. The family justice system is one of those...

Sustainable Decisions

Sustainable Decisions Recently, I spoke with a friend going through major life transitions. Like many of us, she and her family are stressed. My friend is in her late 40s with two children under 11. Her husband, also in his late 40s, recently quit his job. He realized...

Getting out of Limbo

Getting out of limbo   It is C+16 since my world changed, and I find myself in limbo. Pardon me if you don't understand my lingo. Coincidentally, I am reading "Seveneves" by Neal Stephenson, a story about a BIG world change: the destruction of Earth because an...

Advocate, Mom, Writer

My days these days are mostly advocacy, with my kids always first, and hiking, biking, and cold plunging worked in whenever I can. Winter cold plunges aren’t for everyone, but there’s a strange kind of beauty and calm in it that I’ve come to need.

Separation was a journey. It took time, and it taught me most of what I know now.