• Hard Fought, Hard Felt, Been Through Hell Hallelujah

    My family has been going through some hard times right now. And me personally, I’m physically exhausted, emotionally tanked, mentally fried. It would be easy at times to just be overtaken by negativity and sink into a pool of depression and hopelessness. It’s times like these when I really have to fight to find goodness, Read more

  • No/Bake Peanut Butter Brownie Bars

    Line and 8×8 pan with parchment paper. Bottom Layer: 1 cup oats, ½ cup raw cashews, ½ cup raw pecans, ¼ cup canned coconut cream (chilled), ¼ cup cacao, 3 Tbsp maple syrup, 1 Tbsp vanilla, ½ tsp sea salt In a small blender, blend together the oats, cashews, & pecans until you reach a Read more

  • Grain Free Pizza Crust

    MAKES ONE 10-12” PIZZA Dry Ingredients: Wet Ingredients: Directions: Variations: Read more

  • THIS is Lyme+

    Last night, my husband and I celebrated our 13th anniversary in Monterey. We walked down Cannery Row, shot lasers at treasure chests in an underground cavern, and had dinner at a fabulously quaint vegetarian and gluten free restaurant (a rare find) where two musicians played guitar and sang as if they were having a jam Read more

  • Choosing Joy

    Someone told me that it seems like our life is really great. It stopped me in my tracks. No, our life is not really great. It’s really hard. It’s really stressful. It is often really lonely and really painful. My husband and I work really hard to choose joy every day. We seek adventure (because Read more

  • Update: Sept 2025

    To be honest, it’s been a struggle to write because it’s hard to come up with words for where I am, where my family is. If I look back over the years since I first became disabled on July 10, 2013, I see huge progress. Back then I was bed bound most of every day, Read more