There is something about being a woman who has built a life around responsibility that makes being sick feel like a logistical crisis. The world doesn't stop because your body needs rest. The business still needs you. Your children still need you. The house still needs attention, the dogs still need care, the bills still need paying, the orders still need placing, the websites still need building, and the plans you have made for the future are still waiting for you to move th

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Wisdom Isn’t Ownership I have a tendency to want to fix things. When someone I love is hurting, struggling, making a decision that I can already see may lead to pain, or standing in the middle of something I have walked through before, my instinct is to jump in. I want to help. I want to support. I want to offer what I know. And sometimes, if I’m being completely honest, my wisdom comes out before I have stopped to ask myself whether it was actually mine to give. That has bee

Sometimes the Lesson Requires Leaving It Broken There are moments in life when someone is hurt by us, disappointed in us, or angry with us, and our first instinct is to repair it. We explain. We apologize. We clarify what we meant. We try to make them understand our heart. We replay the conversation, wondering what we could have said differently. And if we’re tender-hearted, we can become so uncomfortable with someone else’s pain that we begin taking responsibility for feelin

There comes a moment when you realize… You don’t have to spend the rest of your life living in the room where you were hurt. You can leave. Not because it didn’t happen. Not because it didn’t matter. Not because you suddenly forgot the pain. But because the pain no longer gets to decide where your story ends. For a long time, I thought strength meant surviving. Keeping it together. Taking care of everyone. Being the one people could count on. Swallowing the hurt. Smiling when