(blog) Honoring Maddie, Uncle Ray and Bob

(blog) Honoring Maddie, Uncle Ray and Bob

Do you like autumn? The turning of the leaves into oranges, golds, and browns… Pumpkins, apple cider, hayrides, apple picking. Harvest time with the scent of approaching winter in the air. Bonfires, telling spooky stories, wearing your favorite soft sweater, snuggling...
(blog) What do you long for? Join me at my home 9/14

(blog) What do you long for? Join me at my home 9/14

What do you long for? I’m not sure what it is about this question, but it stirs deep feelings of sadness and loss for me. How about you? Does the past come roaring back, how things used to be? Do you long for a parent who’s no longer there to nurture you? Do you long...
Do you have enough room for Love?

Do you have enough room for Love?

I’d set the alarm for 5:30am this past Sunday, hoping to get up early and write this blog. I dragged myself out of bed by 7am, not wanting to leave the residue of my dream, which was comforting and familiar. It’s unusual for me to even remember my dreams. “Mommy….....
Dedication to My Maddie…it’s been a year

Dedication to My Maddie…it’s been a year

Watch Video Now! It was on this Tuesday a year ago (10/23 last year) that my daughter, Madeleine (Maddie) went into respiratory failure. She was on life support for 3 more days before passing away with Cystic Fibrosis complications on 10/26/18. The year has been...