Earlier this year I found myself questioning whether or not I had truly found forgiveness related to a trial I had gone through in my life many years ago. I hadn’t really given it much thought until this past year but I knew I needed to know for myself if I had. It was important…
Columbine
A Letter To My 15 Year Old Self
This picture was taken on my sister Diana’s 17th birthday, which happens to be March 22nd. On April 20th 1999, just a little over a month after this picture was taken, our world changed forever.I often look at this picture and think back to what it was like pre-Columbine. It’s hard to remember because I’ve…
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Infertility
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: PTSD is a disorder that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or a dangerous event. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be described as a mental health condition that’s triggered by a trauma. Whether experiencing it or seeing it. The symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety, depression and confusion. As…
Broken and Beautiful
On Feb. 12, 2007 there was a shooting at a mall called Trolley Square in Salt Lake City. I was three months away from getting married, I had lived in Salt Lake for almost one year and Columbine had happened 8 years before. I was at my future in-law’s home with my fiance and we…