Everyone has that friend. The one you who walks into your house without knocking or calling first. The one who invites herself over for dinner. The one who answers every text within seconds because she understands your anxiety. The one who sends you birthday cards in the mail even though they see you every day in person but they know it will be…read more

Dear Unsealers,

I am a 36 year old woman and wife to my 39 year old husband. My husband was diagnosed with primary progressive MS in 2013 the year we met and also got married (when you know you know!) At first the only visible sign from the outside looking at him was his gait and poor balance, he always appeared to be drunk when you watched him…read more

Dear unsealers,

My open letter to you is to share where I feel most at peace, where I feel at home. I guess I could be cliche and tell you I feel most at peace in my husband’s arms, or with my family; but the truth is I feel most at home with the trees in the woods. I love hiking. I love trails in the woods among the trees and the twigs, the d…read more

Dear Unsealers,

I have 30+ grandparents, isn’t that crazy? To be truthful though, they are mostly all other people’s grandparents that I get to work with for a living. That’s right, my job is to create group activities for a dementia unit in a nursing home and I get the pleasure of working with 30+ elderly individuals every day. When I began…read more

When asked my biggest fear, I close my eyes and imagine what my life would be like without you, and that moment alone is terrifying enough that I already have my answer without having to blink again. My biggest fear is having a great day, or a horrible day, and not being able to call you anymore to tell you about it. My biggest fear is needing an…read more

This life is much like a book of poems, it changes things up as you go, some poems shorter than the last, some make you cry some make you laugh. Never did I expect that book to last. Never thought I’d live past 33, and now I’m 36. It must be some type of magic, luck, or something else. I’m so grateful for each decade that passes, whether I messe…read more

Maybe I’m here because I didn’t really want to go
This life is overwhelming and my eyes had surely lost their glow
For a while there was nothing anyone could do or say
All I wanted was to find a way to leave, just go away
But I managed to pull myself out from underneath the darkness
It took some time but I did it, regardless
Who what where whe…read more

Dear Unsealers,
Sometimes it’s fun to “make pretend,” right? We all know there’s no such thing as a perfect world, or a perfect person, or a perfect day even. For a moment here I am going to pretend that I can plan out a perfect day and tell you all about how it played out for me.
I woke up to the smell of bacon and eggs, and…read more