Samsmom: Life, Joy, Loss and Loving your Mitochondria

Happy Dia de los Muertos! Or Day of the Dead for those of us who did not do well in high school Spanish 🙂 I love this holiday. Celebrated all throughout Latin America-celebrating our dead, a celebration of love and respect for our family members who are no longer with…

Yesterday was the birth date of Jonas Salk. I missed writing about this because I was sewing Halloween bags for my beautiful, healthy nephews. October 28th is a historic date for many reasons. I sewed a Halloween Bag- I will let that one sink in a bit. Yes, I sewed.…

48 years ago, young Heather (that’s me) entered the world. She had 13 grandparents. You read that right, 13; a Great-Great Gran, sets of Greats and all of my Grandparents. I grew up knowing and loving all of these generations. And I have grown gradually losing these people. But in…

November starts NaNoWriMo- a month of writing in November. Writers commit to 2,000 words a day. I have signed up in HOPES that this will kick off my memoir. As a teaser, here are the first 1,000 words: I know it in my bones. I know something is wrong. I…

I tend to manage bad news better. Bad news means I need to take action, to fix it, to help, to cook, to bake, to comfort, to process……. Good news means I just get to revel. Soak. Just let it sink in. I’m trying to soak. Today I got a…