I’m going to come right out and say it – Mothers Day is not my favorite holiday. It has absolutely nothing to do with the holiday itself, and I don’t resent anyone else enjoying it. It’s just hard for me. Sorry, Mothers’ Day, it’s not you, it’s me and my insanely powerful memory. I remember […]
I just got home from Party City, where I fought back tears. All I bought was wrapping paper and napkins. Liam will be TEN tomorrow. My little boy isn’t having a Stanley, Thomas, Cars, Thomas, Thomas, Dinosaur, Fort Fun, Pokemon party. Liam’s not having a big party. He’s not having balloons or even a cake. […]
Lately, I’ve been feeling low. The past seven months have been a journey to heal myself, and I hit a crossroads recently where the skills I’ve learned were tested and found wanting. I’m still on a journey to heal myself. My first setback was being excluded from a book award selection process. In the scheme […]
My super awesome publisher (Behler Publications) is giving away free (yes FREE) copies of Heart Warriors in ebook form between April 24 and April 25 at 3pm EST/USA. AND you don’t even have to be American to get one because there’s not postage involved. Just see the Behler Blog for instructions and get yours before […]
April is a strange month. This April we had twenty-two inches of snow in less than two days. April is full of birthdays, memories, and taxes. April is the time when we pay up. I lost two grandparents in April. On April 27, 2002, I was the auditory witness to a suicide and watched the […]
I stole and spun the title of this post from a book of short stories and a story within said book titled, “What we Talk About When We Talk About Love.” The original book and story are by Raymond Carver, and Carver’s work inspired Nathan Englander to title his book of short stories, “What We […]
Heart Warriors was officially released on April 10th of 2012. It was entirely a coincidence that the book actually starts on April 10 of 2006. The beginning of the first chapter ends on April 12, 2006, seven years ago today. April 12th will never be an easy day for me. It was the only part […]
I had second thoughts about ever posting this. Jim and I talked about it. He agreed that it’s absolutely honest, but maybe too honest. We debated whether or not it needed to be written for others to read as it concerns telling myself the truth. We wondered whether it was necessary to put my truth out […]
Tomorrow morning will be February 9, 2013. On February 9, 2005, at 7:00 am we were bringing Liam to preop for what we believed would be his last open heart surgery. Our faith was shaken on preop day when our surgeon told us he couldn’t make out from multiple heart catherizations, an MRI, and countless […]
As I mentioned in a recent post (What I Need Now) a good half of my Facebook Friends are CHD survivors, parents, etc. and as predicted my Facebook feed is lit up with red awareness reminders. It’s a little overwhelming to see the same thing over and over and over again. I did repost this […]
