Why I Chose to go Back to School with Chronic Illness

I was discussing my issues with chronic migraines with a classmate yesterday and she asked me a question that my brain can’t let go of: If stress causes you to have migraines, why did you choose to go back to school? In the moment I wasn’t ready for that question and I gave her a […]

An Honest Discussion of Career Struggles

It’s been such a tumultuous year. I know 2020 has been challenging for every human in existence. But for some of us “lucky” ones, it was next level transformation. I dealt with so much more this year than a pandemic and I am quite frankly reeling from it all. I’ve been struggling immensely with the […]

Why You Shouldn’t Tell a Widow to Move On

One thing I have learned in my 20+ months of widowhood is that a lot of people feel the need to tell a widow to “move on” with her life. I haven’t come across this personally, but I know an alarming amount of widows and widowers who do experience this. So I’m taking the opportunity […]