Grief has an unusual way of skewing time. Your frame of reference in life changes. Things get delineated into two parts – before and after the tragedy. It’s been just over four months and the loss still feels surreal to write, to say aloud, to even think about it. And yet, time faithfully continues.
Read More“Ms. Hayes, Ms. Hayes wake up. You need to wake up now,” said the surgical recovery nurse with some urgency in his voice. The breathing tube inserted during surgery had left my vocal cords strained and my throat sore, making it difficult to speak. I mustered all the strength I had and quietly muttered “pain, nausea,” before dozing off again after the nurse injected medicine into my IV.
Read MoreLife as we know it is over, but life isn’t over. A new one will eventually begin, and hopefully it will be filled with more empathy, compassion, gratitude and equity than the lives we left behind.
Read MoreAmy Downs, motivational speaker and CEO at Allegiance Credit Union survived, the Oklahoma City Bombing where 18 of her 33 co-workers were killed.
Read MoreTips on how to help yourself or someone in a mental health crisis. We’re all human and we will all struggle at some point or another. If you, or someone you know is in need of help, don’t be afraid to ask for it.
Read MoreLearn tips on budgeting, saving and getting out of debt.
Read MoreMothers compromise their bodies to give life, breast feed, endure sleepless nights, and then boom – their children hit puberty and they become ungrateful attitude filled-humans, hardly tolerable to anyone outside their age range.
Read MoreThe trip was a master class in life, set to the backdrop of a country with astounding beauty, but with a terribly complicated history. South Africa encapsulates everything that is life: beauty, growth and the journey to overcome tragedy.
Read Moreif you’re on the cliff of a big life decision that could potentially reap rewards in the future, but is scary as hell, I say take that jump. Your ass may end up a little bruised, you may be a little discombobulated after the jump, but you likely won’t regret it .
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