Meet one of my favorite things in the world. This is a cooker, welded by my dad in the late 80s, early 90s. He started cooking crawfish for my birthday when I was 15. I didn’t like crawfish at the time, but he would simply say ‘sometimes it’s about feedin’ people little’n’. To a spoiled […]
For the last 2 years, I’ve gotten a little sad around my birthday. Last year I was sad thinking about me, as a baby, in a hospital for 5 days before anyone ever picked me up. I found comfort in knowing I was loved and I belonged to someone during that time, but it made […]
I process through words. Read if it is helpful… DO NOT READ if your anxiety rises every time you see the word CORONAVIRUS. The empty shelves in my favorite grocery store told a story louder than I could articulate March 12, 2020. The Coronavirus was here and everything was changing at a pace my world […]
One year ago today, was the last day I would ever see my mom awake. After her last respiratory crash, her kidneys were failing, and she was fighting an infection on top of aspiration pneumonia. Her medical team consisted of an Internal Medicine Physician, Neurologist, Infectious Disease, and Pulmonologist. The damage her body was experiencing […]
When the day was upon us, it was time to hug my husband good-bye so he could go back to work and comfort our kiddos. I did the usual routine; spoke to the charge nurse about therapy, then the doctor about any changes in tests they have run since I was last on site, and […]
One year ago today, I would often look up and the day would be slipping away. So I tried to capture the moments that I always seemed to be chasing. I never complained though. The truth is, I actually enjoy chaos and struggle. I don’t look for it, but I respect it greatly when it […]
After the first late night phone call letting us know my mom may not wake up… we were quite amazed that her eyes were open within the next 24 hours. Over a total of 36 hours away from her strokes, she was able to move her legs. How we both took that success for granted. […]
We were fortunate to have space between knowing the time was coming and the time itself. Most people do not get that time and I am truly thankful we had it. With my daddy, I alienated myself from everyone. With him, I flipped my humanity switch off and went on a journey of self destruction […]
My mom always had something to say. Even when she had the emergency in Fall 2017 that would mark her last year of life, she had SO much to say, we had to sedate her in order to Careflight her 4 hours to Houston. The reality of her not speaking the first 12 hours I […]
My mom always knew how to wear make-up, clothes, and accessories. She was known as ‘Weazer’ to those closest to her and my friends always called her Mama Anne. Her heart was huge, and her love was overbearing. We had a rough decade or 2, but I know that I am the luckiest adopted daughter […]
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