I’m Nora.

I’m an author, a podcast creator and a Hot Young Widow who has remarried and is raising a beautiful blended family with her current husband (knock on wood).

I know from experience that even if your story makes people sad, you are not a sad story. If you’ve been through something hard, have seen someone else through something hard, or might go through something hard in the future…welcome. You’ll like it here.

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happyish

Being pro-feelings is not being anti-happiness. Your current happiness does not somehow prevent you from…

...for now

We do not have more time than we did a year ago. We were always cramming five pounds of work into a one…

your suffering is not a self-improvement exercise

The hard parts of our existence are not an aberration or interruption to our life, they are life.

love, coming home.

It’s October, and my body is already registering that this is the season for loss. Or at least, my losses.

Recently Read: September 2020

I read a lot, because books are the best thing in the world. Here’s what’s on my bookshelf right now.

it's a secret so hush.

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