About Me

I made a career change at 44 to establish the Coffee Love Sunshine Healing HeART Institute, as I finally dared to live my life's purpose.

I have been reading too many obituaries in these past few months. All because someone could not decide in a moment of despair to continue to live on this planet despite having unconditional love for their children. Almost midlife Mommas and Daddies.

Every obituary could not have been more authentic. Loved ones capture lost personalities' spirit in words and stories to share with all their people. One in particular will live on in my memory for the rest of my life.

The gatherings were the most heartfelt in celebrating a person who made everyone feel like his best friend. I was arrogantly unaware of that fact. Aside from his closest everyday friends and immediate family, there could be no one whose light filled up their life more profoundly than mine.  He was that person to everyone.

The person who would drive around on every back road till the sun came up and cry with you every mile because someone broke your heart. The person who would make you laugh as hard as you were weeping and tell you what a dumb ass you were for giving someone the power to hurt you so much. Whose bigness of heart matched the soul you could see shining from those beautiful, mischievous blue-green-gold eyes.

My life will forever be better because he was my friend—someone I loved most on this planet. Someone I thought would always be my person in the background of life if I needed a friend to call on anytime.

I was overcome with happiness that he was so lucky to have married such a kind, patient, and understanding person. She is an absolute Godsend for him and me. After such an all-night ordeal, he would take me back to the house, and she would have cooked some fantastic meal to soothe my hunger from not eating in days. Her compassionate heart always made me feel welcome in the unlikeliest of circumstances.

His love for his oldest daughter and pride in the birth of his youngest were unmatched. His life's purpose was to be one of the brightest guiding lights in his daughters' lives. His greatest joy was ensuring they grow up to be beautiful, funny, stubborn, thoughtful little humans.

I know he is with all of us. Reminding us with cuss words and laughter how much we are screwing up or uplifting the hearts of those who matter most to us. I am grateful for all the unforgettable life lessons, tears, and laughter.

But because of him and for the love I bear, for all those suffering in silence, I am living my truth. My desire for this life is to allow all LITTLE HEARTS to grow up with BIG LOVE by illuminating for those stubborn souls that vulnerability IS courage.

Transcending your fears and self-limiting beliefs can empower and connect you to your life. There can be no BIGGER love than a Momma or a Daddy for their child. Every little person deserves to feel that love, that physical presence, for as long as possible on this earth.

And to learn from their parents that it's okay to be vulnerable. It's ok to ask how to process your emotions. It's ok not to know how to navigate life, but together, we can guide one another through the darkness. 

This is my why, and I know it's a damn good one because it brings tears to my eyes every time I feel the truth of my soul for the work.