Some people leave high school and never look back. For some, it was the high point of their lives — playing sports, taking part in homecoming, participating in social clubs and activities, making life-long friends, etc. For others, they...
I literally spent years with hurt feelings because I was never invited over to anyone’s house, while I was hosting friends at my home on a regular basis. Cue: Insecurities.
What I discovered, though, is that many of us don’t...
“Where words fail, music speaks.” –Hans Christian Anderson
I’ve spent the last six months re-learning myself as I step into this new phase of my life, and a major part of that process has involved music. I listen to just...
Dear Husbands,
It's not much of a surprise that relationships between married women and their mothers-in-law can be... well, complicated. And perhaps the holiday that encompasses that the most is Mother's Day. And guys, we know: You're really, really caught...
Date nights are so important. I mean, if we're doing continuing education for our careers, shouldn't we do things like date nights to better our marriages, too? Yes. Yes, we should. And let's not forget, we're also setting the...
I recently saw a meme that triggered me, and if I wasn’t divorced and sharing custody of my kids, I would have totally related to it and laughed and moved on. But, I am divorced and sharing custody of...
Laundry is always all over our room. The laundry room is on the second floor, next to our bedroom. My husband had nicely folded all the bath towels, and when I grabbed one off the chair in our room,...
Until recently, I considered the word “clique” as mean and unfriendly. It’s typically used in a derogatory way to describe a group of people, said with an eye roll, click of the tongue, or both, simultaneously. I’m in a...
Now that we're parents, Valentine's Day isn't exactly "only for lovers" like it once was for us all in the past, but it doesn't mean we can't still celebrate! Now we just get to share the holiday and all...
My husband and I often get comments like, "Y’all are so nice to each other," or, "Are y’all always like that?" So I wanted to share a little secret of ours. Your words matter. Your words have power and...
Nike got it right with their slogan: Just do it.
We didn’t have a whole lot growing up, but I never really truly went without. Sure, they might have been Sikes instead of Nikes or the off-brand of Keds...
When we first wrote this blog post, it was during the pandemic when people craved the open air of a good drive-in. Now that folks are enjoying the cool AC inside movie theaters again — not to mention inflation...