Painting Beauty

It’s a sacred, precious thing to watch the life leave someone’s body- especially the body of someone you love. I’ve had the experience twice now, and both times it left a mark on my soul that I’ll never be able to leave behind. I lost both of my parents before the age of 40. Watching…

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Categories Art Spirituality

She Looks Fine But…

Two years ago today, I visited a cardiologist for a bi-annual checkup. I had been experiencing some heart-related issues connected to a disorder I have had all my life called vasovagal syncope (also called neurocardiogenic syncope). I was starting to notice some new triggers and I was concerned, so I did the right thing and…

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Categories Health Updates

Thawing

Day 4 of Winter Storm ’26… Being snowed in by yourself gives a person a lot of time to think. Last July I closed myself off. After leaving my job two months prior, people I trusted set out to ruin my life with lies and exaggerations. I was made out to be insane and incapable…

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Categories Family Parenting Updates

What Happened Has Happened

Twenty twenty-five is the year that broke me; if you know, you know. However, I’ve been doing a lot of praying, thinking, and talking through my problems since my world crumbled around me, and I came across this quote a while back: That quote aligns perfectly with some of the things I’ve been discussing with…

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