Your 16th birthday isn’t just another birthday – it’s a rite of passage. It’s that first real step into adulthood…into freedom. I remember turning 16 – it was a whole to-do. My mom delivered balloons to the school (which I paraded around all day) and even bought me a car (it was a sporty red […]
It’s almost spring convention time…which is always a fun time, and a little stressful because I gotta check all my checklists and make sure everything is in order and ready to go. Part of the fun is getting everything out and seeing what needs updated and upgraded. Every year at these things, I end up […]
You’re probably reading this and thinking “Wow – is that rEaLlY Sharing Solace posting again!?!?” You’re not imagining things, it’s really me…and yes, I’ve been awfully quiet for a while…Not because (my) grief stopped existing {gaw, I wish!}Not because I ran out of things to say {we all know that’s not gonna happen…}And, DEFINITELY not […]
Last year, 2023, was a tough year in the ‘Webster World’. I, personally and professionally, felt thrown around like a rag doll in a tornado – like a fish constantly swimming upstream. I was pulled in so many different directions – to the point that I felt everything was a struggle and I wasn’t very […]
With much of the country under (some amount of) snow, I’m declaring today a snow day!! Yes, I know. With everything going on with COVID, snow days {for many of us} are a thing of the past. We can now dial in and work remotely and all the good stuff… BUT – just because you can work […]
This year, I’m living by the word simplicity. I realized there were so many things in my life that truly didn’t bring value and I was making everything harder and more time-consuming than it needed to be! Yes, it does sound similar to my 2019 world ‘Declutter’ – and there are a few similarities – […]
I received an email earlier this week from a very nice person. Basically, it said “I’ve really appreciated your advice and words of comfort in the past but I’m bowing out now. I do not appreciate the f-word being used in daily life – especially in my grief journey – and cannot condone the practice.”My […]
We’re less than eight weeks from the beginning of 2022…Can you believe it?But first, we have to enjoy, entertain….and just plain get through…all the festivities (and parties, and get-togethers, and happy hours, and ‘quick visits’, and shopping, and cooking….and eating, you can’t forget all the eating…)Over the last 12+ holiday seasons I’ve ‘celebrated’ without my […]
This week was a tough one my friends. I knew it would be, I anticipated it, and I made arrangements to be able to do what I needed to do to make it through….and it was still tough.You see. Wednesday, May 19th was my Madelyn’s birthday, and the next day Thursday, May 20th was the […]
My 2020, much like everyone else’s, was a dumpster fire of a year… It felt like a perpetual groundhog day – and also like I blinked and it was over. I’m not going to blame ALL of my 2020 on the lack of selecting a WOTY…but it sure didn’t help the situation.I don’t feel like […]