We’re in full holiday swing now and the mood is different than ever before. Because I’m different. Backstage at the Nutcracker night, I told…
The holidays are here. I told my husband last night that I feel like a blender without enough liquid. It groans as it tries…
So many shoulds coming at us daily. Other people’s recipes for our lives flooding our heads. The shoulds of womanhood, motherhood, parenthood, successful people,…
A cold rainy day has driven me to light the fire and my favorite smelly candle. My first cup of earl grey tea for the…
I’ve been in sort of auto-pilot mode for the past couple months. Knowing I could only handle so much, hoping the world wouldn’t hand…
Christmas is a force to be reckoned with. It rolls up on you like some sort of stealth vehicle running on joyful intentions with…
The darkening days draw us in. Into groups around fires with food and laughter, we are reminded on one holiday and then another throughout…
We had occasion to go to my Mother-in-Law’s for dinner on a recent Sunday. The air outside has begun to get nippier. And we…