My internal struggle with politics

Dear Avery, We’ve come to 2025, and this is the ugliest I’ve ever seen the political world in my lifetime. I’m in a current state of sadness, anger, embarrassment, shock, disbelief, but also mixed with hope. At this moment, my hope is low, but it’s still there… lurking in the underbelly of my soul. AsContinue reading “My internal struggle with politics”

Blown away by my astrological reading

Dear Avery, One of my soul sisters/brunch club member, Kara, gifted me an astrological reading with KJ Atlas. If someone had gifted this to me a 10 years ago, I would have just thought it was fun experience beyond reading my monthly horoscope in a magazine. But something in the last couple of years hasContinue reading “Blown away by my astrological reading”

“But my brain tells me something different than my heart” says my 4-year old son

Dear Avery, Your cousin, Ryder, is wise beyond his years. At 2 years old, he started reading small words. Then at 3 he started reading road signs, song titles, and car logos. Now at 4, he understands that he is not his thoughts. He has already recognized that he is not his thoughts! Let meContinue reading ““But my brain tells me something different than my heart” says my 4-year old son”

The Dull Women’s Club

Dear Avery, A few weeks ago, Facebook’s algorithm introduced to me a group called “The Dull Women’s Club“. Me, at the beautiful age of 37, with an adventurous husband and two toddlers running around, my life is anything but “dull”. I had to laugh at this. What were you thinking Facebook robots? Well, maybe thoseContinue reading “The Dull Women’s Club”

Grief: from the perspective of a widower’s partner

Dear Avery, Grief is not an area I expected to deal with at this stage of my life. The death of a person or the death of an idea for your life (from the words of my therapist) seemed years away until it came in various forms. If you had told me at 25 yearsContinue reading “Grief: from the perspective of a widower’s partner”