In 1996 after my friend Jenny died, we placed a tall white wooden cross at the accident site. It was such a powerful healing moment. Not only did all of her friends come out to the site but the first responders who had tended to her at the accident scene also joined us. The cross… [Read More]
Remembering – 18 Years Later
There is something completely unbelievable in knowledge that 18 years have passed. Truthfully, this May 15th has kind of crept up on me. I wanted to write something that meaningful, fresh but I have been so wrapped up in the long a dreadful process of my Mom’s move to hospice that I am just not sure I have… [Read More]
The Sun Still Shines – Remembering Jenny
May always brings about a variety of difficult emotions for me. Two years ago I wrote a series about the loss of my beautiful Jenny. Last year I wrote this piece and just couldn’t bring myself to hit publish. I am hoping that a year of distance from the bitter sweet and unexpected turn in… [Read More]
Buzzed Driving IS Drunk Driving: Be Safe this Thanksgiving Weekend
There are few topics in which I have a zero tolerance for and one of them is driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. There really is no safe amount of alcohol to consume and then drive a car. If you are old enough to order a beverage then you are also mature and responsible enough to… [Read More]
Come Monday: Don’t Drink & Drive
In honor and memory of Jennifer Alison Sadow December 11, 1974 – May 15, 1996 Please don’t drink and drive. Don’t let one more death. One more friend. One more daughter. One more sister. One more person. Leave this world at the hands of a drunk driver. It is up to each of us to… [Read More]
Come Monday: The Beginning
[The cool thing about having a blog is that it gives you a place to tell a story, to get healing and to remember things that might otherwise be forgotten. I hope you stay with me this week as I remember the one who changed me and a friendship that was brighter than the sun.]… [Read More]
Come Monday: A Series
A very wise women once told me that when something horrific happens to you, when something life changing occurs, that the only way to make sense of it, is to to tell your story. To tell it again and again until the hurt fades, the long night changes into day and the tears only fall… [Read More]