Blogging from my heart in Boise, Idaho
After my breast cancer diagnosis 22+ years ago, I quickly learned what mattered to me prior in life was no longer important. And, what was not important took the front seat in being important. Let me give you an example. People rarely spell my name the way I do. Instead of Laurie, I get Lori,... Continue Reading →
Somehow, I forgot the sights and sounds of Boise until this past week.
Last week I wrote about a writing workshop I attended at Surel’s Place with the artist in residence, an author and writer, Jeff Metcalf. He gave us a writing assignment. Oh. My. Gosh. So, what did I do? Honestly, I put it on the back burner until today. I knew my topic and this past... Continue Reading →
The difficult times in my past have always had the great wide open outdoors as one of my conduits towards healing. When I lived in Ketchum, I loved jogging in Adams Gulch on the Shadyside trail. In McCall, it was hiking in Ponderosa State Park. Here in Boise, it’s hiking/jogging the Boise Foothills in the... Continue Reading →
Dear Paul, I have been thinking of you a great deal. Your birthday passed a few weeks ago. The day you had your cardiac arrest passed, which is the date I consider when you died. Four days later, we had to pull your life support. I knew you were not in your body because you... Continue Reading →
Dear Marianne, It's time I send you a letter that you can save in your pocket. This pocket is for those sayings we laugh at and yet know ring true. This pocket holds generations of anecdotes from women before us, women that have stood alongside us, and even women we have not yet met. This... Continue Reading →
This is my year to travel with my dog, Zeke, visit friends, see familiar sights as well as take in newly discovered spaces. In April, we went to Salt Lake City and Park City in Utah. Right now we are in the San Juan Islands, north of Seattle, Washington. Being here is just as if... Continue Reading →
I sort of had a writer’s block for this week’s post, really I did. But then happenstance came to my rescue. I was at my Chase bank branch Friday, and lo and behold my friend Steve Stuebner was in the line ahead of me. He told me great news. Let me fill you in on... Continue Reading →
It has occurred to me to ask, if not now, then when? When the heck when? What do we wait for anyway? Why do we wait for “itâ€? When do we honestly think “it†will happen? Who are we really fooling besides ourselves? I am referring to any of those life decisions that we confront.... Continue Reading →
Looking back at 2015, I am astonished by my resilience from a year filled with circumstances one typically watches in a movie with the tragic twist. Talk about the plot thickening as each month unfolded! But get through it I did, and I eventually recognized just how strong a woman I am. And yet, I realized... Continue Reading →
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