I am lucky enough to write once a week with strangers over two months at a time. This is code for: I happen to have a Zoom account and “open” class with the awesome @John Roedel. What happens over 8 weeks, is these people become (better than) family. Not because of any one thing in particular, but more due to the vulnerability that is shared without judgement . One of those kindreds, has given me permission to share a piece here. Because LONELINESS is a universal topic. Thank

go ahead and call me unpatriotic - I don't care. I have been off of social for sanity. But not today. Today I could not stay quiet. I...

I call the 13 year old black lab up next to me on the down comforter. It is Sunday morning. I sip my coffee without rush, pooch spooning...

this is why... Join us for writing... Heart Write Soul  - begins January 29 Spring Soul Sauce - begins April 8 First Friday...

🔥Don't tell me to calm down. Don’t tell me to demonstrate respect, hope and unity for our country when more than half of our citizens...

I was sweeping my kitchen floor about a month ago, and then I remembered this…  During my pregnancy with Abby and Bella, we walked...

I ate three bags of microwave popcorn last night. That’s like two bags too many. If you have no issues, we cannot be friends. Am I...

One of my favorite summer memories as a kid was constantly being barefoot.  No school + no socks = no problems. Bare feet seemed to serve...

A story of a random act of kindness... I will never forget one day in August of 2020. The Pandemic had been in full force for months, and...

TBH, this week has had me feeling some feels. I'm staying at my Uncle Rick's cabin. He was my favorite uncle. My Godfather. He ended his...

I am a fairly positive gal - at least that’s what I am told. For the first time in my life, I am sharing honest, gritty, real stories on...

You name it: wooden bench, playground swing, concert seat: for as long as I can remember, I have had a fear of something not being strong...

I know better now… I make two gigantic pans of scalloped potatoes as a side dish for Easter when the kids are home. One week ago, where...

Do you believe in luck? My lucky time is based on a re-do. Like a do over. I feel lucky that although I didn't have a kinship with my mom...

✨Rest first. ✨Receive next. ✨Give to others last. Seems like a radical re-ordering. There is an innate urge to “serve” others. I am...

Nashville, Tennessee is by far, the most wild city I have ever visited. I just returned from this bucket list trip that I didn’t know I...

This next piece because it is a chaotic stream of thoughts. I have been taught not to "introduce" the writing, but here, it's relevant. I...

I struggle with wanting to be right. When emotions hijack my brain, (which happens more often than I care to admit), I try to remember to...

My Weight Watchers Lifetime Membership Card: I carried this thing with me for over 20 years. Yes, dear reader, two decades. Why did I do...

My husband waited in line at Wells Fargo to make a deposit. Behind him he sensed there was someone special. Not wanting to miss an...