It has been a long time since I have added a post. Much of this has to do with some significant events happening in my life over the past year.

My mother struggling with depression (which required 3 hospitalizations), my son losing a friend and classmate since kindergarten to suicide, and my son being diagnosed with epilepsy at 14.

Has it been a lot? Yes, it has. I needed to step back to learn all I could about epilepsy and to support and advocate for my son. Imagine you are gaining independence and pulling away from your parents as is developmentally appropriate and then having this redefine this time in life. It could be worse, of course, but I cannot minimize the impact the stress, worry, and adjusting to the constant uncertainty of the conditions of both by mom and my son.

What have I learned? This post will be the start of what I have learned, but what I will start with is one’s ability to adapt and adjust to uncertainty. Enter COVID-19. We were prepared in the way of adjusting to the fear and needing to find ways to take care of ourselves during times of immense stress.

COVID-19 has turned worlds upside down and not in the simple ways of having to wear a mask grocery shopping. This is nothing. What has changed is everything and there are people losing their lives to a virus that does not discriminate. Are people at higher risk? Sounds like it, but this changes nearly daily. What I can say, is I believe this to be highly contagious and based on that alone I will do all I can to prevent or delay the inevitable spread.

I work as a coach to help other live healthier lifestyles, to find and maintain balance in their worlds. I understand far more intimately the challenges that one might face in their quest to live a life. The situation we are facing collectively right now begs of us all to stay as healthy as we can to fight this monster.