To have a name to attach to the way you live your life, doesn’t make it any easier. Maybe it allows closure or acceptance and eventually healing or transition. I don’t know. I am just […]
Grief – A Way of Self Help?
Ignoring Myself by Helping Others It’s been four months since my mom passed away, four months…it feels like I’ve been in this sorrow for so long, but literally, it’s only been a few weeks.I’ve not […]
Christmas Eve Letter to Heaven
This year has come to a close after what has been one of the worst of my life. We said goodbye to you only three short months ago, and it feels like only yesterday. I […]
Words of Comfort From Heaven
Mom’s Letters to Bootcamp Help Me Cope with Her Passing In the early ’90’s I left home and went into the Military. I was the youngest of three — my brother, six years older and […]
Whisky Drinkin’ & Guitar Pickin’
Originally published in the ABV Network’s Whiskey Corner Blog October 26, 2019 As you build a taste for Bourbon drinking, most find themselves pairing their drink with another love. Whether you are coordinating your spirits […]
Inspiration and Resilience
Memories of the past several months swirl around me in an absolute fog. The year from Hell best describes most of the time I’ve had. So much heartache and sorrow. I cannot express how heavy […]
Is This The Beginning of the End…
It seems like forever since my fingers tapped a keyboard for something besides work. The last few months have been busy and for the most part, agonizing. With my mother’s breast cancer diagnosis, my weeks consisted […]
Denver’s Whiskey Doughnut Festival June 1, 2019
There are things in life that just go together: peanut butter and jelly, peas and carrots, Sonny and Cher and Bert and Ernie. Recently, I was introduced to another pairing that just somehow fits; I […]
Review: Stolen Spirits, Stolen X Rock & Rye
Originally published in the ABV Network’s Whiskey Corner Blog June 18, 2019 Documented rock and rye recipes date back to the late 19th Century. Originally sweetened with horehound candies and citrus juice the rye whiskey […]
A Long Line of Veterans
Could the calling to serve be inherent? To answer a call to leave loved ones behind and go off on your own to something unknown. To suddenly adult in a way many will never understand. […]
