Cruising, Trudging, and Everything In Between

When Life Feels Light—and When It Doesn’t Sometimes I feel like I’m cruising through life. Other times, it feels more like trudging uphill in thick mud. You may know those contrasts yourself. The seasons when you glide, energized and certain, and the seasons when...

Finding Hope in the Cracks

How Horses Remind Me What Resilience Looks Like Caregiving isn’t something I chose—it’s a role that found me when my husband became ill, and later, when my son needed me too. Some days, it feels like I’ve been holding up the sky with nothing but my bare hands. On...

The Cracks Are Where the Light Gets In

When Life Breaks Open Over the past five weeks, I’ve shared some of the passions that sustain me — horses, caregiving, creativity, storytelling, and community. Each one has been a way of filling in the cracks that caregiving and life have carved into me. Keeping Life...

Belonging in the Midst of Caregiving

This blog is part of Filling in the Cracks, a five-week journey into the spaces where hardship and healing intersect. Why Connection and Community Matter Caregiving can be one of the loneliest roles in the world. When my husband was first diagnosed, and later when my...