my daniel time-summer 2009

my daniel time-summer 2009

Daniel comes to visit three times a year; Christmas, spring break and summer. He returned two weeks ago for his summer with me. When he left to begin a life in Michigan I knew the relationship would change. I would no longer be a daily force of care, nurture, contact...
chocolate espresso

chocolate espresso

I love to eat. I love food-when it’s really good, and more so when I create it. I love the process of putting ingredients together; whether from a recipe or simply a place that ‘just sounds good’. I love to meld ingredients to concoct a delicious...
love pain

love pain

It comes in many forms-with many degrees of intensity and for reasons we can not ignore. Pain. It’s there to teach us; to identify more deeply with our inner strength and to recognize the intense joy in the opposite when we are blessed with it.Today I have let...
what’s love got to do!?

what’s love got to do!?

I’m not ready: That’s my determination. I’m just not in a place that is conducive to receiving romantic love in my life. In the world scheme of things, one could say it’s much too soon anyway-it’s just two years that I’ve been...