Jack's Journey and Then Some

On November 4, 2023 (Jack's 25th Birthday), I participated in a live storytelling event in New York City hosted by  The Nocturnists  and...

After almost six years, the book that was once just an idea has now become a reality. Shared Struggles: Stories From Parents and Pediatricia...

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die. 

Here is where you will find me INCHING ONWARD

We are almost to the six month mark without my beautiful boy. I don't even know how I've survived this far in a semi-functioning sta...

When Jack was inpatient at Phoenix Children's Hospital those many weeks in August-September of 2012, someone brought me the book ...

After three months in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and a third failed extubation, I resigned myself to the fact that t...

It's been said that writing is storytelling that connects people through telling one's truth. So, I write what has been foremost in ...

The words of my speech for the 2014 Ryan House Community Breakfast : ____________________________ Good morning. It’s an honor to share ...

He's been gone four months.  Why does it feel like it's been an eternity?  I've been told more than once that grief is a proce...

To all of my local (Phoenix area) friends: Please consider coming to the Ryan House Community Breakfast on May 7th at the Arizona Bilt...

I have returned from my week in St. Louis. I'm generally not a person who looks for or believes in signs from those who have gone befo...