• Dad’s Best Year

    One of the things I love most about writing is that, by doing so, we get to freeze time… kind of like a photograph.  We have the ability to save…

  • Seeing With New Eyes

    As living creatures, we are constantly growing and evolving.  When we are open to change, we have the ability to see things from different vantage points.  To experience this, we…

  • Guest Blog for TWLOHA

    To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide.  I’ve been following…

  • Clarity

    I’m getting clear on my book. When I started writing it, I was focused on becoming an advocate for depression awareness and suicide prevention.  I knew that I wanted to share…

  • Visiting the Dark

    At the age of 13, I read “The Diary of Anne Frank.”  I remember the book having an intense impact on me.  After all, my grandfather was a Jewish American…

  • Affirmations

    Do you believe in affirmations?  There’s purpose to our existence, and if we take the time to recognize Universal signs, then we wind up exactly where we are supposed to…

  • Reflecting on 9/11…

    I’ve never shared my journals publicly, but considering I’m writing a book based on them, I thought that now was as good a time as any… Today is Tuesday, September…

  • Earning Wings

    When I tell people that I’m writing a book, this is the question that usually comes next: “What’s it about?” I still trip over my words when I respond. And…

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    Rising Up, Towards the Sun

    I remember the day Brad got his tattoo.  A big, beautiful sun on his arm.  I thought it was the coolest thing ever.  But then again, I admired most everything…

  • In Memory of Kat

    It happened again. Another beautiful soul who left this Earth too soon. I don’t know the specifics of her death, but I do know that it was suicide. I first…