back to life
Books, recipes, creative outlets, favorite people, and small moments that feel like coming back to myself.
Back to Life is the softer side of My Second Half Self — a place for the things that help life feel meaningful again. Here, you’ll find book reflections, recipes, creative tools, community features, and everyday moments that remind me I’m still becoming.
Not because grief disappears.
But because life keeps offering small invitations to begin again.
This keeps the emotion, but makes the page less grief-heavy and more aligned with the “living again” side.
Oatmeal Chocolate No Bake Cookies
Will loves these cookies. Every time I make them, I cry. All day and all night after making these cookies, I cry.
Grandmama’s Banana Bread
As a little girl, my grandma made a rule for all her grandkids. All of us granddaughters were supposed to call them GrandMama and GrandPapa.
Peanut Butter Cookies (so easy it’s shocking)
My recipe isn’t a secret, and when I tell people where the recipe is from they usually don’t believe it at first.
RECIPE: “My Everyday Sourdough”
This simple, beginner-friendly recipe blends patience, presence, and the comfort of homemade bread.
When Your Mind Stops & Your Hands Keep Going
Sometimes the quiet work of my hands says what my heart can’t. Between laundry, coffee, and sourdough stretch-and-folds, I’m learning how the smallest routines can anchor me — helping me find stillness, presence, and gratitude in this second half of life.
What We’re Sipping on This Month
My Second Half Self is about that exact thing: learning how to live again after unimaginable loss. And Wild Heart fits into that process more than I ever expected. It’s more than a product. It’s proof that good things can still be discovered—that there’s still flavor and fire to be found in the second half.
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“I can’t wait to connect with you” - Bri