I recently had coffee with a successful author in town, introduced by a mutual friend who thought this witty lawyer-turned-writer might be helpful to me as I'm gaining my sea legs as a blogger. It caught me completely off guard when she, herself a mother of two, asked, "What does your mother think of your writing?" Rarely at a loss for words, the tears that… read more
So what internal misalignment was my ever-wise body trying to make me notice through the manifestation of an autoimmune disease? My subconscious life-long belief that I wasn’t lovable, that I didn’t deserve to be in a committed relationship with a partner who would love, honor and respect me exactly as I was. I’m certain it was no coincidence that the disease had manifested and steadily… read more
During a recent visit to my sister’s house in Ohio, a childhood friend of hers who I haven’t seen in years happened to stop by while passing through the neighborhood. After a quick hug, she greeted me in one continuous sentence, “What a great surprise to see you, how have you been, what’s that thing on your face?!” That “thing” is the scar on my… read more
