Category Archive: Soap Box

Thank You.

A few days ago I posted a scathing rant about my disappointment in the medical system. I was vindicated by the many similar stories people shared with me in person and via social… Continue reading

Triggered

My husband is sick. We went to urgent care. Afterwards, I locked myself in the bathroom and sobbed. 2025 marks six years since my dad died of esophageal cancer. I absolutely have PTSD… Continue reading

Baby It’s Cold Outside!

Eighteen years ago, I went to a Kenny Chesney concert. After the concert, a friend suggested we go to a party at Jesse Dees’ house. Without hesitation, I agreed. Unbeknownst to all, I… Continue reading

The Key to Surviving This Crazy Life

Life is a lot. Too much sometimes. In a two-and-a-half month span of time I will have gone from having three children in Washington State to zero. I’ve lived my entire life in… Continue reading

Wisdom at Forty-Two

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know everything. I don’t know close to everything. I do know some things though… for instance, my son asked for Alka Seltzer to ease… Continue reading

Eating and Voting

Thru trial and error, I have figured out some foods to avoid in order to feel my best self. I’m not allergic to anything (other than invasive procedures which cause me to lose… Continue reading

Staying in the Moment

Have you ever driven across town to a familiar destination and when you arrived, you realized you were on autopilot and really don’t even remember driving? How many times have you said things… Continue reading

Precious Property

This week, Phoenix and I binge-watched the first (and only thus far) season of the Netflix original series, Bridgerton. With the exception of some unnecessarily graphic and extended sex scenes in the last… Continue reading

Election 2020

The big day is here. Election 2020, when America votes for her next leader… and chaos is sure to follow. Last night I was in book study with a group of amazing, solid… Continue reading

Future and Hope

Jeremiah 29:11 is a well-known verse: “For I know the thoughts I think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”… Continue reading