by Laurie Wagner | Dec 14, 2016 | Blog
Readers, friends, writers, artists, As straightforward as I am, there’s so much more honesty and courage inside of me angling to get out. Let 2017 be the year I pay even more attention to the tiniest of feelings – that whisper of “no” I often hear but...
by Laurie Wagner | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog
A couple of years ago when I realized my marriage was over, one of my first thoughts was, “Now I need to stop drinking.” I didn’t think, “Who will love me now?” or “How are my kids going to handle this?” I thought, “Shit, I...
by Laurie Wagner | Jun 30, 2016 | Blog
“Was it life changing?” my daughter, Zoe asked me this morning as I groggily sat at the kitchen table drinking coffee. I’d gotten home from nearly three weeks in South Africa the night before, had managed a few hours of sleep, and was now on my third cup of coffee and...
by Laurie Wagner | May 27, 2013 | Blog
My adorable Chinese medical doctor, Scott Blossom, tells me that the lungs are connected to grief – which explains my love affair with cigarettes this past week. I wasn’t going to tell him I was smoking, and planned on not having a smoke until after our 5pm...