Health + Wellness

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss awareness month. Loss of a pregnancy or infant is sadly a part of a lot of our motherhood stories. I know too well, loss is a part of my own motherhood journey. Our Forever Remembered...

Did you know that October is National Book Month? It's hard to keep up with all the celebrations these days, but you might have known this one if you're an obsessive reader like I am. If you’ve seen some...

I stared at the rust-colored drawings on the wild looming rock face, the Kawishiwi River lapping gently against the green Royalex of our old, steadfast canoe. I hadn’t seen these pictographs in over ten years. Ten years since I’d swam...

I stared at the grey hairs sprouting out of the right ear of my aging optometrist as he peered into my left eye with his ophthalmoscope. I could feel my heartbeat speed up a little; my annual eye exam...

My kids have been back in school for two full weeks now and on Saturday night one of them developed a cough... the first cough in over six months. I’m really not surprised; I know the teachers and staff...

Parenthood is a journey that so many of us are on, so why does it often feel isolating and difficult to maintain our relationships? I attribute this strain to, what I have dubbed, the “fragment conversation”. Let’s break this apart. Play...

Anxiousness runs in my blood. Like sap from a 100 year old tree, it flows through my roots and limbs, waiting to be spilled and free. I spent most of my adult life waiting for the anxiety to spill...

A lightning strike of shock hit me hard as I gazed upon what looked like a ghost standing in front of me; this stranger’s calves and arms were so white, they looked nearly transparent! This happened just a few...

We are full-on in the "three-nager" phase of life over here. All the challenges it presents--the personality development, boundary testing and vocal exploration is remarkably eye-opening. My daughter is a fierce little lady and often I think, “If you...

Just the other day, I went to my second orthopedic doctor appointment for my foot that’s healing from a double fracture. While getting checked in, an elderly woman was brought to the registration desk next to me in a...