I’m not a mind reader, but I’m going to guess that at least once this week (if not already once today) you’ve walked into a room of your house, then forgot why you walked in there. We all have those
“When you turn 30, you have no experience with being 30. Nobody has any experience with the age they become, which means we’re all newbies at life.” Chuck Phipps The older I get, then the more I whine about my
Building a website is no joke. At least, I can’t laugh about it yet. Maybe in five years. Like many others before me, I had the smart idea to go self-hosted. Purchasing the domain and hosting was simple. Choosing a
The message hit my inbox. It was a friend thanking me for speaking candidly about my mental health and wishing she could do the same. I brushed it off, no big deal. I speak like this on social media AND
I had plans in mind for today’s blog post. I wanted to give practical tips on potty training a puppy. Or maybe share an inspirational story about how fun it is to raise a puppy and a baby together. Deep
Giving birth is as old as time. Our bodies instinctively know what to do. Except in the U.S., where American women are dying (and suffering from debilitating complications) at far greater rates than any other industrialized nation. For two decades,
Between holidays and snow days, frozen windows and car doors sit the comfort of a warm home. A place to snuggle under blankets, share hot cocoa, and listen to the sounds of the creaking house and roaring wind. It truly
Lending my ear to the old guy, perched on a bar stool, drinking his Miller Lite, reminded me that our world was much different less than one lifetime ago. In our time of instant-everything, limitless goods of all sorts, it’s
The other day at work, a WWII Vet shared some memories of his childhood and adolescent years. Even sang me a song he remembered (“I bought my girl gold earrings and it turned her ears green”). He talked of the