Liz Murtaugh GillespieMay 15, 2017MotherhoodLet's get real about Mother's DayAs I headed out the door for a Mother's Day run, I breathed a deep and grateful sigh listening to the first few lines of a StoryCorps...
Liz Murtaugh GillespieMar 3, 2017GritOne full year in the rearviewI'm not quite sure what's more awesome: that I've made it one full year past the end of my slog through cancer treatment. Or that this...
Liz Murtaugh GillespieJan 22, 2017GritThis is what democracy looks like"Where do I even start?" Scrawled in thick black marker on white poster board, those words really caught my eye amid thousands of signs...
Liz Murtaugh GillespieJan 20, 2017GratitudeThank you, Mr. PresidentDear President Obama, In this last hour of your presidency, I’m overwhelmed with so many feelings. Big emotions. Good and bad. Some...
Liz Murtaugh GillespieJan 11, 2017GritYou never really understand a person ...No words in literature have ever resonated more profoundly with me than the advice Atticus Finch gave his daughter, Scout, in To Kill a...
Liz Murtaugh GillespieDec 16, 2016CancerIntroducing WRITE ONWith cancer in the rear view, it’s time to move on from CaringBridge and introduce you to my new blog. I'm calling it WRITE ON because...