Not Everything Needs to Be Published.
I’ve felt a little sorry for myself as a writer lately. I have grand ideas and vision, but I’m, essentially, in full-on mommy-mode; when writing does and should come second. This difficult balancing act...
Category: Current Happenings.
Walking in Her Shoes: Why Different Parenting Styles Is Something to Celebrate.
I was just telling a friend that I’m more opinionated about judgmental parents than I am about parenting styles. It seems that lately I come across two handfuls of articles a day on what to...
Scattered Hearts.
I have hearts scattered all over the world. One of my dearest hearts is in Sweden, another in Philadelphia, one in Connecticut and my own mirror-image half (my identical twin sister) in a different...
The Love Language of Giving.
If you haven’t ever read about love languages, you should. According to the book penned by author and relationship counselor Gary Chapman, The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate,...
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.”
In retrospect, I think it’s pretty hard to have a good day that involves projectile vomiting. Yeah—I guess I should have expected to be a little bit upset. Actually, though, I wasn’t just a...
Impressions of Celebrities in the Car. {Hilarious Video}
Sometimes the best thing for us is simple. A good laugh can bring us back to center after a stressful day or help us remember the sheer fun of being alive when the world...
Celebrating Being a Woman.
I’m sitting here listening to the sounds of my husband giving his mini-me a bath—our daughter. I often “joke” that looking at her must be like looking into a mirror for him. It’s a...
Homeless People Share Their Stories on Cardboard. {Video}
I remember working in a coffee house and having a regular customer who slept on the metal bench across the street. She liked me and would bring me in gifts, things like lottery tickets....
Shocking Photos of People Lying in 7 Days of Their Own Trash. {Images}
Have you ever wondered what it would actually look like to lie in seven days of your own trash? Yeah, me neither. However, looking at these startling photos made me wonder that. According to the EPA, the...
If You Watch One Thing In Memoriam of Maya Angelou, Watch This. {Video}
In 1993, when Maya Angelou recited her poem “On the Pulse of Morning” at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton, she became the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration in 1961....
