True Love

Today was the perfect day to give Elroy a bath. Elroy is my car and he was so dirty I couldn’t take it anymore. He was covered with so much road spray that I lost him in the grocery store parking lot after work yesterday. There was I, looking right at him, wondering...

Grandpa Bud’s Sunrise

The morning of Grandpa Bud’s funeral, or celebration of life service as I like to call it, dawned before I was ready. The blast of my alarm clock shocked me awake. I fumbled for the snooze button and quickly tucked my arm back under the warm flannel sheets. I...

The Setting Sun

This month has been a bit of a blur and as I drove home I felt tired, on the edge of frazzled. I was coming from my parent’s house, where I stopped after work to get some much-needed Ruby snuggles. I live 2.6 miles from my parents. The drive from their house to...

A Free Life

Let me tell you a story… Once upon a time there was a girl who was exceedingly weary. She felt stuck and she didn’t know what to do. She had lived with chronic illness for so long that she didn’t know how to move on to a healthier life. This girl...