Category Archives: Biography

I knew that I’d get to it eventually. But I wanted to sit and meditate on what I wanted to say first. I have been around adoptive parents a long time- well, my whole life to be exact…. But this … Continue reading →

What do you do when everyone around speaks from fear and doubt, but you want to embrace hope? How do you respond when death is the answer from so many people’s lips, but you want to embrace life? How do … Continue reading →

Remember the song “Shattered Dreams” by Johnny Hates Jazz?  That’s what my life has felt like for a long time and especially this last year. I never thought my marriage would end.  I never imagined having to live without my … Continue reading →

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. FUCK!!! Why do I still have this letter? Why do I continue to torture myself like this? I wrote this letter 15 years ago.  In the Spring of 2002. Desperately looking for a woman whom I … Continue reading →

Sometimes I feel empty.  Sometimes I feel like I can’t go on. Sometimes I feel like the entire world is against me. And there’s nothing that I do that will make it better. Sometimes I feel like a complete and … Continue reading →

The view from my back yard in Elton. Today I head back to NOLA after spending a week in Elton for various reasons- to celebrate my birthday with my family, doctors appointment, labs and blood work and fun stuff like … Continue reading →

Living in New Orleans can be a bit of a vacation for life. I once said when I moved to Louisiana that I have never been in a place where I can literally drink rum all day AND get everything … Continue reading →

Today is my son’s birthday.  My only son and my youngest child.  Twelve years ago, at this time, 10am, I was just starting labor and he wouldn’t come for several hours.  My ob/gyn was a doctor who was originally from … Continue reading →