For fourteen years, I had the most glorious minivan. I know what you’re thinking. And no. GLORIOUS is not a typo. Minivans have never been glamorous. But ours was as spacious as a house on wheels, and got us from here to there. It had power windows, cup holders, and plenty of leg space. Despite…

A few months ago, I attended a writing conference where the term “coming of age” was used more than I had EVER heard in my life. Each time a reference to a “coming of age” novel was made, I fell down a rabbit hole in my brain- wondering, when does a person “come of age?”…

A few weeks ago, I found myself in an unusual situation. My lovely goddaughter and my best friend wanted to go for a hike in the woods, but I hadn’t packed any sneakers or hiking shoes for my short, out-of-state visit. No one in their house wore my size- so I had a decision to…

Last month, I ordered a motivational book for my son and husband to share. The author, a personal favorite of theirs, is known for his bold, yet effective, use of profanities. When I received the book in the mail, I noticed that I had accidentally ordered the “clean” version. My son and husband both begged…

In an age of digital distractions, we occasionally live lives removed from the world around us as we scroll endless feeds, shop online, check our emails, and respond to texts. I, too, am GUILTY AS CHARGED! But as we move further away from face to face human interactions in our natural environment, do we move…

The past several weeks, I’ve been reminded again and again of how so many of us tend to rush through the blessings of life in order to get to the next best thing. But… is it really the next best thing? Consider the following- A 5-year-old, experiencing her first “Polar Express Day” while wearing her…

Someone reminded me of a brilliant Robert Frost poem over Thanksgiving. And since then, I haven’t been able to erase the powerful- yet totally interchangeable- words out of my mind. When I previously read THE ROAD NOT TAKEN, I thought of the small yet significant choices we make in our everyday lives that significantly change…

We are officially 35 days away from Christmas! And I want to know… are you jumping for joy? Or trembling with anxiety? As a parent, I sometimes struggle to find the true joy of the holidays amongst the high-tension stress of cookie-baking, gift buying, house decorating, credit card maxing, and meal cooking. It seems like…

Get up. Rush to get ready for work. Yell at the kids to get ready for school. Go to a stressful day at work. Take kids to practice. Fit in appointments. Make dinner. Eat dinner. Go to meetings. Pick up kids. Get ready for bed… then get ready to do it all again. I lived…

At the beginning of the summer, I found myself being sucked down the time-consuming rabbit hole of social media. This time-suck also pushed me to constantly compare myself to others- which was frustrating, depressing and quite frankly… ridiculous. Occasionally, I felt appalled at my weekly screen time report, delivered to my disgust every Sunday morning…