Posts by Suzy Domenick

The tears rolling down my cheeks turned into convulsions that I could not control. My chest was heaving in short, labored moves as if I couldn’t catch my breath. My throat had a block in it the size of an apple, or that is how it felt. My shoulders were tight and my head hurt…

Steve, Jeff and I impatiently sat in the back of the hot car waiting for our parents to come out of the drug store so we could get on the road for our annual two week vacation. Mom came out of the store first and got into the car in silence. She looked at us…

I was mindlessly looking for something to snack on in my pantry as my dad napped in the family room. As quietly as I could I took the bag of tortilla chips out of my pantry and ever so lightly shut the door. I turned and walked into the foyer holding the almost empty bag…

4:30am! That must be the alarm. Better get up and jump into the shower to start my day. The routine begins, a routine that has lasted over 30 years. Once dressed and ready, I head out the door to get to Newark, New Jersey, leaving far too early to hit traffic. 7am I am at…

“What happened at the age of 15?” she asked for the 3rd time in a few months. She had asked me this back in 2010 during a healing and I assumed it was about the scandal at that time, a pregnancy and marriage, in that order. My brother left college to marry his girlfriend and…

“What will you do with this one Glorious life?” That line was on a tag that came off of a new pair of pajamas. And that was what this week was all about, taking the leap of faith to create a more glorious life. I have worked for corporations for over thirty years, 21 of…

I sat looking at the computer screen, a blank word document staring back at me. What do I want to say? Should I write it or just wing it? I know, write it…get ideas down on paper and think about the flow of what you want to say. That is my general way to put…

Dad was sitting on the big comfy leather chair in the corner of the family room,  one leg up on the ottoman stretching a red elastic band to help with upper body strength. I walked into the kitchen and he immediately asked, “what are you doing up there?”  I had been in my home office…

“Hi, this is Kathy from Hand and Stone in Howell.” I let out a little giggle as I realized I had been paying a membership fee since February and hadn’t used them yet! I thought I would really focus on caring for me and ensuring that I was having relaxing massages or stimulating facials. At…

I have been writing this blog for three years now, and it is rare when I truly cannot pull together my thoughts and be passionate about what I want to share. Sometimes it takes until Sunday morning to get there but it is rare that I feel as I have this entire week. Normally, something…