Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Obviously. Maybe if I keep saying it, it will start to sink in and feel more real. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Most years, I jump headlong in the holiday season with abandon. I turn on the Christmas music in early November, bake…
Let me just start by saying that I am generally a morning person. And I like to think that I’m usually a pretty optimistic person. Maybe not a Susie Sunshine, but definitely a glass-half-full kind of girl. But…there are some mornings that are just downright brutal and some days when…
[Author’s Note: I’m stepping WAY out of my comfort zone here with a rare piece of fiction here. I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship and struggle and some things that I can’t quite process yet. This seemed like a good way to try and make sense of some things…
This past weekend I hosted a baby shower for one of my oldest and dearest friends. After the busyness of the party preparations, hosting obligations, and clean-up passed, I had a few minutes to think about this new person that will soon be welcomed into a family and into the…
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. — Thomas Fuller “I’m sorry” is a common phrase around our house. It seems that I need to forgive or ask for forgiveness on an almost daily basis.…
Sunlight flashed through an open crack between the cheap vinyl window shades. I squeezed my eyes shut to the bright light, rolled over, and pulled my pillow over my head. As I lay in bed in my tiny dorm room, I considered all that had happened in my first two…