Take Four
Motherhood, Midlife, Migration & Myeloma-- an actress and sometimes-writer's unpolished rewrite in Portugal.
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Phase 9 - 11 | June (opens the original)
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June is my favorite month. Come on, you can admit it. It’s undeniably superior (and I’m not just saying that because I’m a Cancer Sun, Gemini Moon and Cancer Rising).In June, the weather turns warm, school lets out, and I almost always book some work. I could be having the biggest audition dry spell, then a random one will pop up and boom, I got my mojo back. This was true even when I was going through my first rounds of chemo for multiple myeloma back in 2023. April thru May suuuucked. I was ti
Phase 6 - 8 | May (opens the original)
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This will sound dramatic, but it’s true— writing this is revving up some PTSD. Our family works well together under pressure and looking back, man, I’m proud of us. We just kept moving forward. I really haven’t looked back until now. But… if I’m being honest, the chaos of how we were living at the beginning of May didn’t start there. Before we met, Christian lived in a sweet little 1914 Craftsman house in Venice. After we married, we renovated it. It tripled the sweetness factor. I loved that ho
Phase 5 | April 2025 (opens the original)
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As always, life has a way of piling on. Or maybe it’s just us. My hubby loves a pile on. He’s the “if we’re going to do it, let’s do it big” sorta guy. I know, it’s a blessing and a privilege to “go big or go home,” but whew, chile! I would be lying if I said it wasn’t mentally and physically draining sometimes.April 1st T-11 days until our high-stakes Visa appointment in San Francisco, we decided to pull the kids out of school and fly to Ohio for our film’s screening at the Oscar-qualifying Cle
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