The Tide
It's Saturday morning and I'm sitting in bed listening to the rain. The softest light filters through the blinds and my son is speaking quietly to his daddy in the other room. In three hours, we will tell our children that we are splitting up and sharing custody of them. [...]
Unraveling
This post has been in the works for six months. Six long, painful months where I've watched my life unravel. A thread was pulled too hard, and it all came apart. No amount of skill could repair the damage. I am alone. In love, anyway. I'm now facing the world [...]
A Mother’s Day Letter to Myself
Dear Mama C, This year, Mother's Day marks the start of a new journey into motherhood. One you had never planned on taking, and one that is more than a little scary. I don't need to tell you that you are not alone. Your own mother and father are in [...]
Stranger
The morning we'd planned to talk to the kids, you stood in the doorway of our bedroom, staring at me. Your beautiful face, the one I've held in these hands and kissed a thousand times, was the face of a stranger. Tears streaming down your cheeks, you looked so fragile [...]
Five Quick Ways to Feel Better
I've had two coffees this morning, but I still can't think of a strong opening sentence for this post. I've got an abundance of cliches rattling around in my head, so why don't you just pick one on the theme of 'life's peaks and valleys' and insert it here? I've [...]
Can We Meet for Coffee?
Get a cup of something warm before you sit down to read this. I've been meaning to write. For the last couple of weeks, I've been staring at the mockery of my barely-touched bullet journal thinking, "Hey, I'm supposed to write a post a week." I haven't even made it [...]