“That voice that said what if who I am and so much of my life is not set in stone - that the next chapter of life may be totally up to me. 

If I could go back I would tell her that it was so, so worth it. That it completely changed what was possible for our family

That with each step out of my comfort zone and each seemingly small step I took through fear and tears so many more discoveries about myself were waiting on the other side…”

“I decided that in order to come up with a new list with him I needed to first discover for myself what I now enjoyed As I stripped away all of the things that were related to others, I realized that I was left with a very short list

Of course, connecting with others is the essence of much of life and an important piece so it made sense but I was pretty disconcerted to realize that no matter how long I sat there, I couldn’t come up with more of my own.

Somewhere along the path I had totally lost touch with who I was. What are my favorite foods? My favorite color? Even those felt elusive to me…”