AJ and a LATTE

Words have eluded me for the past couple of weeks.  Everyone has asked me how I was doing with Keelan getting married.  I’ve smiled and said fine.  I’ve held it together.  I’ve shrugged it off like “I’ve got this.”  Everyone expected me to be a blubbering mess I suppose. The last two days were the… Read more: He’s Home

As this past year has unfolded I have shared so many firsts.  We are embarking on a whole new adventure of firsts as we literally are running into the new school year.  ‘25-’26 will have its own new normals with Matt going it without me at school and me forging my own new way at… Read more: Just the…

I am going to share the first lyrics from the song Changes from Shrek 2 by David Bowie performed by Butterfly Boucher. Still don’t know what I was looking forAnd my time was running wildA million dead-end streets andEverytime I thought I’d got it madeIt seemed the taste was not so sweetSo I turned myself… Read more: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Have you ever thought about the phrase “letting go”?  That has so many different connotations.  I am in a “let go” season.  Between letting go of a career I loved to letting go of that piece of my heart that I birthed 23 years ago, it is a pretty tough period of transition.  It really… Read more: Letting Go…

My new job is fabulous!  I love the people with whom I work and I see much potential to be a vital part of this organization. With that said, summer is SLOW!  Several days have found me in the building basically alone.  What are some lessons I can learn from being alone with my thoughts…… Read more: Quiet thoughts…