The Joy Luck Club

Essays about my formerly dysfunctional life, the family I came from and how I recovered. It's funny, sometimes a bit dark, and very, very real.

A newsletter about creativity, resilience, and rewriting the stories that keep us small.

Life happens. We get interrupted. When my husband died, grief opened my heart. Writing, like grieving, is an act of love. I got interrupted, but I didn't give up. Join me! A Substack Featured Publication.

Sharing what I love. Inviting you to step outside the mundane. Reminding you the mundane can be magical. Alternately sentimental and sassy. No self help or life hacking. A little woo. There will be cursing. No AI ever.

Midlife, widowed mom to one tween boy. I write about some of the crazy sh*t grief made me do after my husband died from cancer in 2021.

Creating connections through stories on breastfeeding, high-risk pregnancies, raising a kiddo with a disability, navigating hospital stays, finding your way, and running. If you've experienced all or one of these - you don't walk (or run) alone.