You see me, you really see me!

Usually I don’t plan out or edit my blogs. This time what I want to write about requires some explanation so I’ve had to think this through. I don’t share this preface to make anyone feel sorry for me or to martyr myself.  But, rather, to demonstrate how incredible actions of incredible cousins gave meContinue reading “You see me, you really see me!”

Happy Birthday Mary (Minnie) aka Grandma Allan C!

It’s been a minute since I’ve written a blog. Life is messy and chaotic and busy these days which doesn’t exactly lend itself to time for …well anything, really, least of all reflection.   But today I was sitting at mass with Mom, looking around the Cathedral I was raised in and found myself waxing poeticContinue reading “Happy Birthday Mary (Minnie) aka Grandma Allan C!”

Missing You

Sometimes I talk to my Mom; my old Mom; my fierce and fabulous, social justice warrior Mom. She listens to me talk all about work and the clients I’ve interacted with. She gives me tips and tricks of how to deal with difficult people. She asks about my colleagues; if Sara is liking her newContinue reading “Missing You”

Mother’s Day Pity Party for One

Mother’s Day is complicated. I always wanted to be a mother. But, like most things in my life, I expected I would never be afforded the opportunity so I would pretend I never wanted them; to protect myself from the hurt when they never came. I had a friend in high school who once jokedContinue reading “Mother’s Day Pity Party for One”