Well folks, the other shoe dropped. A few days after I posted my last essay, things went downhill. The night before, Ethan had said to me, “Mom, you’re so happy going out with Greg. I think it’s really good for you.” It’s true. I was glowing. The future felt bright. …

I typically try to write a blog each month, but somehow May slipped away from me and it never happened. The school year ended, and right now I’m in the middle of my one and a half weeks where my kids are still in school and I’m not. In other…

One-third of the year is over, and it always amazes me how fast the months zip by. Especially this time of the year. As a teacher, my life is in tune with the rhythm of an academic calendar. Just when the annual burnout feels like too much to handle, in…

These days, I’ve been measuring the state of affairs in my life by our return to pre-pandemic activities. It’s interesting, because it was a similar experience dealing with grief. …

I’m not superstitious about the significance of how a year starts, but this one has us locked down in quarantine, finally stricken with the boogie man COVID-19, who we have been hiding from for two years. Literally going so out of our way to avoid the darn thing, only to…

Another December comes to an end, another Christmas unfolds before our eyes, lights twinkling, presents and too much food, and likely an evaluation of our expectations for the season- the good and the bad- sits beneath the surface, waiting to be chewed on when we have a moment to process…

I have a strange, sometimes frustrating method for traveling. It’s one part methodical, one part woo-woo. I started traveling at around 18/19 years old, so 20 years later it has evolved into a method I am confident about, even when I can’t necessarily explain it. I wish I felt this…

What do you do when everything feels hopeless? Like we’re born, life beats us around, and then we die kind of hopeless? They asked me to cover a class again at work. They’re asking everyone to cover everyone else’s classes these days. There are no subs. We’re supposed to spin…

Recently I was asked which books I would recommend to get started in Buddhism. This is an interesting question, because I suspect there are a zillion different paths taken by those of us who read our way into Buddhism. I’ll share my journey, but I’ll preface it by saying that…