an audience of one

I’d take physical exhaustion over mental exhaustion any day of the week. And that’s what social media produced in me - a mental and emotional burnout.  So I took the plunge and removed myself.   It wasn’t the first time I’d left social media, but I believe it’ll be the last.  I decided over a year... Continue Reading →

the dash that is our life

Yesterday, I visited the cemetery where my dad was laid to rest in 1985. I hadn't planned to stop there, but construction and a wrong turn after dropping my mom at the airport led me on an adventure through the city of Chicago, and then to the highway that passed his exit. I settled in... Continue Reading →

where it all began

It began in the spring of 1985.   Actually, let me back up.  It began, specifically, at 12:30 a.m. on December 26, 1984, the first time Craig and I said "I love you" to one another. I was a month over seventeen, a senior in high school, and Craig had just turned nineteen the week... Continue Reading →

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