I am shedding light on the sustained periods of personal “growth” we as women get thrown into like gladiators left to fend for themselves with no advanced notice or appropriate armor or weaponry. I am talking about the week you were let go from work, found out your man was getting cozy with the bartender at your favorite watering hole (how dare he make me switch bars), your credit card interest rate just about doubled and your pms seemed to have kicked in about two weeks two early. WARNING: Do not down all the spirits in your liquor cabinet, much less ingest all items in your pantry... 

I can’t say I have ever personally experienced the death of someone important to me, and I’m lucky for that.  But I know many of you reading this article have.  I can’t even begin to imagine life without my mom, dad, either of my brothers, or any of my friends.  I don’t want to and neither do any of you. But a week after election day, Washington voters had to spend some serious time considering such a situation.  Last Tuesday, Washington voters approved Initiative 1000, making it the second state after Oregon to approve medically assisted suicide.  The measure passed by a margin of...