23 years ago I was almost 8 months into the journey of loosing my mom to suicide. If I am honest, I don’t really remember much from… Read more “Surviving… Thriving”

Friday afternoon, it was official that the person I have worked under for over two years is leaving. The news came right as I was leaving to… Read more “Being Real, Real Love”

Tomorrow will be 1,051,200 minutes since I was hired in my current positon as Director of Behavioral Health Services at Round Rock ISD. The day my hire… Read more “2 years, 24 months, 730 days”

Complicated grief… a phrase I have heard for years… especially as a counselor… yet I never really understood it until the last few months… until I started… Read more “Complicated Grief”

Every Christmas I can remember, there has always been this one special ornament. It is not the most expensive. It is not the prettiest. It is not… Read more “A little stocking, a lasting message”

This last week we spent the holiday at a wonderful lake house my sister found. We knew we needed to do something different since my stepmom’s death… Read more “We were just fishin’”

It is ironic that almost a month ago I blogged about being guarded and crumbling… I was to a point where I couldn’t help but acknowledge I… Read more “You are not alone”

So the last few weeks I have been binging Chicago Med. Somehow in the midst of having a baby, buying a new house and a new job,… Read more “Guarded and crumbling”

Did you know September 1st starts Suicide Prevention Month? Did you know September 5-11 is National Suicide Prevention Week? Did you know September 10th is National Suicide… Read more “Suicide… stop simplifying a complex issue”

August 22, 2021…. exactly 23 years since my mom died. August 21, 2021, is the celebration of my 42nd year of life. As much as I try… Read more “A grief that can’t be spoken”