5 years laterApril 11th 2023 marks the five-year anniversary of when I learned I had breast cancer. It also marked the beginning of an amazing journey…Apr 10, 20231Apr 10, 20231
To My Beanie BabyBeing an expectant mother for the first time is an incredible and sometimes overwhelming experience. Even if at the age of 33 I was late in…Jan 23, 2023Jan 23, 2023
To my baby girlI once heard that a child is energetically conceived 18 months before physical conception takes place. I do know is that Sarah was indeed a…Nov 29, 2022Nov 29, 2022
Au revoir, adieu, et à bientôt !Je suis en train d’écrire ces lignes, assise à une table dans un charmant jardin parfumé à la lavande qui surplombe les collines de…Jul 29, 2022Jul 29, 2022
Convo with Jesus on Nike, the Stations of the Cross, and Julian AssangeI’m sure this title is going to puzzle a number of you, but this is what I just had and has prompted me to jump out of bed way too early on…Feb 7, 2022Feb 7, 2022
Vax passports and “Le Salon des Refusés”I’m a feisty American who lives in what was once feisty France. The same feisty France that produced my hero Edouard Manet, one of the…Jan 27, 2022Jan 27, 2022
Independence Day? Riiiight….Here I am, an American in France, contemplating the meaning of independence on a rainy 4th of July. This is the second year in a row that I…Jul 8, 2021Jul 8, 2021
Career guidance for the “Non-Essential” generationI teach English as a foreign language at several universities in northeast France. Back in the USA, this is known as ESL, or English as a…Mar 1, 20211Mar 1, 20211