Self-care, self-nurturing, self-love, call it whatever you want— it is something I had barely heard of before moving in with my friend Gema in Vancouver. She is a massage therapist and body worker, and she taught me more about self-care than any person has in my entire life. While very feminine in appearance, my mother …
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Fall has always been my favorite season, I used to think it was about hayrides, carving pumpkins, and Halloween. As an adult I know what a transitional period of letting go this is, as a child my reverence for this time of year may have come from a need to be reminded that sometimes it's …
Tears streaming into my ears, down across the tops of my cheekbones. Shug. Shug. Shug. My heart pounding in my ears. Laying on my chest with my heart thumping into my mat and the sound not only of it beating, but the actual constricting and releasing filling my ears. "Let us out of …
Mitchell’s accident happened on Wednesday June 25, 2014. His body was recovered on July 7, 2014; what would have been his 26th birthday. Because his body was in West Virginia where the autopsy had to take place and we were having services in Ohio where we lived, we couldn’t have services until July 11, 2014. …
Well the Austin fun had to come to end sometime, but what better reason to head home for a long weekend than the wedding of a dear friend?! I secured a plus one (potentially tricky) and hit the road from Austin and Hot Springs, AR. While being the first nationally protected land as Hot Springs …
This was more than a beach destination wedding. It was one of us finding her happy. One of us being the three young women at this wedding that at one time in the not so distant past were happily and blissfully married, unaware of the tragedy and loss life had in store for us. None …
Maranda Saling 