Excerpt from Chapter 14…

In the years since losing my mother, I developed unhealthy coping mechanisms, ones that included, hanging on to my grief.  My grief became the armor I wore for protection from getting hurt any further, afraid of letting love in.  I felt unworthy of love, of peace.  That I had failed as a daughter, and I deserved…

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Excerpts from “Dusting off my Soul”

“It was the end of May in New Milford, Connecticut and although the water temperature of Candlewood Lake, wasn’t exactly welcoming, I had to get my training in. I’m anything but a good swimmer, but I’ve always loved to bike and to run. Swimming…I’d leave that to the fish.  That morning, I remember lying in…

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