This past Monday, my Grandpa Al passed away. He lived 87 years to the absolute fullest, but he had been sick for the past several months. Nonetheless, his passing came as a shock. Strangely enough, I received the news about Grandpa mere minutes after I finished the first draft of the play I'd been writing about my pregnancy loss. It was like the Universe knew I was starting to come out of my "grief cave" with the baby, only to punch me in the gut with this new wave of grief.

Let’s talk about sex, baby (sorry, I couldn’t help myself there). But, sex after pregnancy loss (not to mention body issues) are very real things that no one really likes to talk about. Maybe it’s because it’s a double taboo. But, I’m here to tell you that my sex life has never been better. Allow me to explain (and try to keep it as non-TMI as possible for the sake of any family members reading… you’ve been warned). Prior to trying to have a baby, every time I had sex there w

This past weekend I had the privilege to participate in a Full Moon workshop. Now before you go judging and chalking it up to some hippie-dippy bullshit, I can assure you I felt the same way. But, my life has been quite chaotic in the past few months (anyone who has been keeping up with my blog can understand why), and I think since I currently have time off from work, all the trauma and sadness that’s been percolating since November needed to be released. That’s why when I s

Lately, I’ve heard the word “lie” almost everywhere… “Big Little Lies” the love-it or hate-it HBO show based on a book, “Pretty Little Liars”, our current President… you get the idea. Recently I was called a liar, myself. When I asked what I lied about, since I usually reserve my tall-tales for my fictional characters, I realized it wasn’t the event itself, it was this person’s PERCEPTION of said event. We experienced the exact same situation, and yet had two completely diffe