When my daughter and her classmates returned to in-person school in October, one of her (and my!) favorite differences from online school was the return of the Classroom Jobs. As I learned over the first few weeks, the jobs...
I've seen this metaphor circulating around--stop watering dead plants. They're usually referencing friendships or relationships. Stop pouring yourself into something where you aren't getting anything in return. I mean, I get the sentiment, but...
This metaphor bugs me on several...
Why does Valentine’s Day get so easily overlooked?
Is it because it usually falls around a busy Mardi Gras season? Are we just too occupied with planning parade routes, getting fitted for ball gowns, decorating shoebox floats, stuffing our faces...
Friends. How many of us have them? Friends. The ones we can depend on. Whether we are fans of the television sitcom series Friends or Girlfriends, we are all familiar with the cliche dynamics of a group of friends....
I have been very fortunate to raise my kids in a village. My boys are often surrounded by a gaggle of toddlers and chaos. It’s so much fun to watch them play with children their age, but there are...
Every week, all three of my daughters take dance lessons, and all three are in separate back-to-back classes. This means our Tuesday afternoons are a rush home from school where we spend slightly less than an hour unpacking school...
My best friend Maria is 70 years old.
That bit of information sometimes comes as a shock to some. She’s older than my mom by almost a decade, and she’s older than me by more than three.
I know it’s an...
Here's the funny thing about opinions: WE ALL HAVE THEM
I've always been very opinionated. It's been my best and worst quality for as long as I can remember. It's brought me closer to people, and it's pushed people away....
How F*R*I*E*N*D*S quotes seem to fit perfectly with ADULT LIFE!
Warning: (1) if you have never watched FRIENDS, none of this will make sense, and (2) please reach out to me so I can convince you to watch the best...
Friendships are hard as you become an adult ... at least, they are for me.
For some of us, making friends is hard from the very beginning. I remember back to fourth grade specifically where I had three best friends....
I recently went on a girls' trip to Orlando to celebrate a friend turning the big 3-0. With everything going on in the world, I was a little reluctant. However, my plans fell perfectly into place last minute, and...
Ya know, I think I'm pretty good at this #boymom thing. I have one boy, my only child, but I've adjusted well considering I've been doing this parenting thing on my own for ten years. My kiddo had a...
My Greatest Fear
What I fear most is not knowing who I am. I don’t mean literally forgetting my own name, but I am scared of losing myself. In the society we live in, losing who you are is easy....
Not everyone keeps in touch with friends from high school. Some of my very closest friends today are from college or adulthood, and those friendships are invaluable to me.
But having my 20+ year high school best friends still as...