by Bonnie O'Neil | Jan 22, 2018 | Farther Afield
I became an empty nester in the middle of a January snowstorm. The snow began falling thick shortly after midnight. Plenty of time to turn black asphalt into a sloppy white slippery mess by 9:00am. Despite the thermometer reading 16 degrees and the sky...
by Bonnie O'Neil | Aug 26, 2017 | Farther Afield
Double-buckling up front because there’s no room left in the car! It really began five years ago. Five years ago the first cords holding my heart intact began their inevitable, inexorable unfurling, taking with them what was never mine to hold onto in the...
by Bonnie O'Neil | Jan 19, 2017 | T1D and Caregiving
Today was one of those double-whammy, two-fisted, double-doctor appointment days. The kind that sucks all the life out of you, leaving a mama spent and wondering what happened to her plans for the day. Still, I guess it’s better than last week’s triple...
by Bonnie O'Neil | Oct 12, 2016 | Faith in the Journey
I crossed a threshold in my life as a mother a few weeks ago. It was a moment filled at once with expectation at the adventure that lies ahead, and sorrow over what is understandably lost. The moment came as I made the long journey from Philadelphia to Raleigh,...
by Bonnie O'Neil | Jun 29, 2016 | Faith in the Journey, T1D and Caregiving
Psalm 16:6 “I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me.” God reveals himself by many names in scripture. Each strange, foreign-sounding Hebrew name reveals to us something of his nature, so that we can know him better. I have known him by...