Life

Beauty and the nature of things.

Dear Charlotte

Dear Charlotte 1920 2560 Dux Communications
I think we all live on in the people who love us… the people we touch in such a way.  There’s no end. I imagine a delicate— cascading web of shared experiences that grows and grows over time high above— through the generations. Within families. Among friends and lovers.  read more

Risk, Reward and Robert Frost

Risk, Reward and Robert Frost 1504 1000 Dux Communications
White-blonde bangs and a button nose were pressed against the bird’s cage. I can see myself standing there as a little girl, intently watching my green and yellow parakeet with black, scalloped markings on his back and wings repeatedly move from left to right on his wooden perch. read more
Listen to Learn

Listen to Learn

Listen to Learn 2560 1704 Dux Communications
There are times when we must speak, speak loudly and even shout from the rooftops to be heard, regardless, relentlessly and unapologetically because our words are the fire that burn in our bellies. read more
Baby Boy

Baby Boy

Baby Boy 1920 1080 Dux Communications
From talking about survival rates after a cancer diagnosis to a new survivor status with a growing life in my belly… Life, at times, leaves me speechless. read more
Grateful

Grateful

Grateful 3024 4032 Dux Communications
Ever dare to thank your worst nightmare? …Thank the devil for saying hello just then. Cancer and the digestion of that truth brought me here…to this place… this deeper, more inspired headspace… read more
Cancer

Cancer

Cancer 1627 1080 Dux Communications
No one wants to say it or believe it. It is endless in reach. Life or death or just a short-term illness? We don’t know. It is an unknown that takes. takes. takes… read more
Beautiful Magic

Beautiful Magic

Beautiful Magic 1290 857 Dux Communications
We did it. I take a deep breath… and look over the first few wedding photos on my computer screen. Tux. White dress with pearls. Me and Tim. April 6, 2018. read more
M.J.

M.J.

M.J. 1920 1280 Dux Communications
I ended up in a sad version of a partial backbend in the darkness of my hospital room. I couldn’t bare the lights post-op. My oh-so-brave husband was struggling with the pink plastic bed pan. read more
Just Breathe

Just Breathe

Just Breathe 1920 1062 Dux Communications
He smiled in the doorway. My surgeon looked proud. He was on his way out… stopping by as promised. I felt the warmth. I held back the emotion. The vulnerability. Piercing. read more

Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma 1920 1080 Dux Communications
The sun will always shine again. It’s time to rebuild. Pick up the pieces. Take care of your neighbor. Food. Water. Power. Every family deserves that… and it is coming. read more
MLK

MLK

MLK 1152 647 Dux Communications
I was honored to receive an invitation to speak at a ‘Guitars over Guns’ event a few weeks back inside the Perez Art Museum. The non-profit offers arts-based mentoring programs to at-risk youth. read more
Blue Paper Scrubs

Blue Paper Scrubs

Blue Paper Scrubs 1920 1279 Dux Communications
There are those near losses that threaten to tear our families apart and bring us to our knees. They turn non-believers into believers who pray for the first time since they were children… read more
Goop

Goop

Goop 1170 936 Dux Communications
You know you need to throw away the half-eaten protein bar in your work bag when a little piece of it easily acts as an earring back. Don’t judge… I was desperate. read more
Intertwined

Intertwined

Intertwined 1170 783 Dux Communications
Wife. Mother. Brother. Child. Neighbor. Boss. Partner. Employee. Who are you beyond the titles at home and at work? Who are you in this intertwined world? While we are in control… read more
Beep Beep

Beep Beep

Beep Beep 1920 1280 Dux Communications
We simply drive by other people’s lives only to get a glimpse of a face… a smell… a sound… but we don’t really know what life is like for them. read more
Love, Faith and Family

Love, Faith and Family

Love, Faith and Family 1904 1030 Dux Communications
I have spent time in jail and prison. I sat across from a guy who had plastic zip ties, duct tape, sex toys, and a shock collar among other supplies inside his van. read more
Nine Zero

Nine Zero

Nine Zero 2000 1000 Dux Communications
She is allergic to grass, flowers, and the outdoors? She loves the celebrity obsessed magazines and lengthy conversations about his uncle’s, father’s boss who married her on [insert specific date, time and location]. read more
Fishy Hands

Fishy Hands

Fishy Hands 1920 1080 Dux Communications
I spent hours with some of the most beautiful animals I had ever seen. Word of choice: majestic. But they “gotta eat.” (Checkers commercial nod. Yes, I’m a dork.) read more

SHARE

SUBSCRIBE

      Get A Free Consultation.

      Fill out the form below.

      Contact Us Today

      Dux Communications

      Your New Journey Starts Here

      Authentic Storytelling.

      Strategic Communications.