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 →