I was 5 years old the first time I called 911. I was 10 when I thought I would become an orphan at the...
You know those days — when you come home and alllll you want to do is park yourself prostrate on the couch and scroll...
"I don’t want to do this anymore. Can I run away?"
"Not without me you can’t."
"Giiiiirrrlll... same."
It had been a particularly challenging day of doing...
For more than five years, I’ve graced you — or possibly upset you — with the blogs I’ve put out here. And for more...
Five months after my 21st birthday, my husband and I decided to start trying to have a baby. I know what you’re thinking —...
One of the first things out of the mouths of most well-meaning people (usually old ladies in the Publix checkout line) when they discover...
"Dear Lord," I prayed nightly for years. "Please keep us safe, healthy, and together."
Safe and healthy made perfect sense. Any new mom, particularly those...
“But… what happened over there?” It was 1994, and we had just finished watching the feel-good flick Forrest Gump. My father had to wipe...
"When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways — either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits or...
I’m sitting here at the kitchen table tapping away at my keyboard as my son is sitting next to me doing the same thing....
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone, and I do mean EVERYONE started a garden. I was late to the game, but I...
There is so much happening in this world, but it keeps moving and doesn’t stop or slow down for anyone. Summer blinked, and here...