by melissarosenstock | Jun 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last month, I had the pleasure of attending TedxOlympicBlvdWomen. At the Tedx event, photographer Jill Valle was doing her, I AM A WOMAN WHO… project. Jill “uses portrait photography and confessional writing to explore the threads that connect...
by melissarosenstock | Jun 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today is a day to celebrate. Today is a day that makes my heart ache. The ebb and flow of my emotions swirls like a rip current. I could panic and get caught up in the overwhelm of opposing emotions, but that would leave me stuck, treading dangerous waters that could...
by melissarosenstock | Mar 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Life is so much about the connections we make with others and how those connections have the power to change the shape and course of our lives. Who would have thought that a connection in summer camp, some 30 years ago, would have changed the course of my life today?...
by melissarosenstock | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
On Friday, I had the unique opportunity to be at my daughter’s school to listen to a guest speaker. I’m not sure who was more enthralled by it, the parents or the kids…likely a tie! It was so powerful, so inspiring and absolutely amazing. Days later and I am still...
by melissarosenstock | Jan 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today is the last day in my 30’s. Tomorrow I turn 40! Yes, the big 4-0! Happy Birthday to me! Every year when my birthday rolls around (thankfully!), I’m usually caught in that dread of “Another year has gone by and what do I have to show for it?” Not that people are...
by melissarosenstock | Oct 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Grief. Defined as deep sorrow, especially that caused by someone’s death. But, wow, it is so much more than that simple definition. Seven years ago I entered into the depths of grief and lived the definition, unwillingly. It is heart and gut-wrenching despair that...
