Trauma Recovery Coach, Speaker, Consultant & Author
We left Austin 6 days ago for a month in the Pacific Northwest. Landed in Portland, rented a car, and spent 3 wonderful days with granddaughter Valentina. We had planned more visits with friends, hiking in Olympic National Park, much-longed-for-time … Read more…
Twenty twenty was a tough year for Americans. It opened with an impeachment and tumbled quickly into a pandemic. We soon realized COVID-19 would affect us like nothing since the deadly influenza epidemic of 1918. Fighting the pandemic came at … Read more…
When our granddaughter, Nicole, was murdered on New Year’s Eve, 2018, our lives were forever altered. One evil act, perpetrated by a person or people still unknown, took her from us in the most shocking and painful way imaginable. For … Read more…
It seems I missed World Book Day. It was April 23rd. As someone who worships at the altar of books, I’m surprised I didn’t even know there was such a day. It makes sense, of course. There are days to … Read more…
I am writing this on Christmas Eve. Today is the one-year anniversary of the last time I saw my granddaughter, Nicole. She was getting settled into a group home, where she had been released after several weeks at a a … Read more…
Today is All Saints Day, the day Christians are reminded of the promise of a life after this life. I went to Mass in remembrance of those our family lost this year, my precious granddaughter, Nicole Diane Coleman, and my … Read more…
I’ve been doing something new on social media. I am hosting a FB Live every Monday through Thursday at 12:30 p.m. Central Time. In the interest of originality, I am calling it Jillian Live. This past week I’ve been talking … Read more…