You’re invited to my Sanctuary…

…come and know that you are a wild & holy gift to the world.

This is my safe place to write and be. Right and wrong. Thought and feeling. Soul food. To nourish us with subjective truth and objective light.

I am a 44-year-old writer and travel entrepreneur married to a professional musician (53) newly diagnosed with early onset dementia. We are a big ol’ blended ‘Brady Bunch’ family with his (29d +[29sol, 1gd] & 19s), mine (20s & 18d) and ours (4d & 3s). It’s a gorgeous cacophony and privilege to cradle this precarious life.

February 20, 2019 | Sunshine & Superman in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Our new family mandate:

MAKE MEMORIES NOW. BIG ONES. DO IT AFRAID. DO IT MESSY. DO IT SAD. But DO IT so we never regret what is left undone. And then; write for our life.

I no longer have an idealized roadmap for the the future. A blank canvas stretches ahead. It’s terrifying and transcendent.

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