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Lessons of Love and Life: Reflections from a Coffee Shop

Sitting at a much-too-small table (well, much-too-small for my purse, laptop, legal pad, phone, hotspot device, and steam induced coffee), in a coffeeshop in the heart of DeLand, Florida; a quaint not-so-little city about an hour NE of Orlando and about 20 min SW of New Smyrna Beach. The place is called Boston Coffee House,Continue reading “Lessons of Love and Life: Reflections from a Coffee Shop”

Embracing Change: My Journey from Florida to New Beginnings

This picture symbolizes so much for me. It’s not just a key on desk. It’s the end of an era, I’d say. At least from 2010 to 2025. So much happened in those fifteen years. I started law school, got divorced at 28 years old, after being married for 10 years to a man thatContinue reading “Embracing Change: My Journey from Florida to New Beginnings”

Finding Strength in Mother-Daughter Estrangement

*Note to the Reader: I know there are grammatical errors. But until I, as a busy Mother, writer, lawyer, Entrepreneur, and human have time to square by square (thank you WordPress) and edit it, ciest la vie.* A couple of weeks ago, I had the overwhelming urge to publish something I’d written to my biologicalContinue reading “Finding Strength in Mother-Daughter Estrangement”

Introduction: An epilogue to love

In introduction to love in its purest form.

The peanut on my justice scales…

I woke up last night at 2:34am, and again at 4ish. This is all typical as of about a week ago. I’m 13 weeks pregnant and my hips are apparently starting to widen already (as if they could get any wider) as my body prepares for the inevitable (inevitable if you’re lucky, or blessed; whateverContinue reading “The peanut on my justice scales…”