I’m learning you don’t have to do life in hard mode, even when things are hard.
Category Archives: Friendship & Relationships
Come Snoop In My Brain Space
Fall’s fading light brings our inner worlds into focus. Here’s a peek at four ideas about mental health I can’t get out of my head.
If I Were You
We are all worthy of compassion.
The Entire Sum of Existence
This is a piece that someone in my life I’ll call G commissioned to honor the deep and once-in-a-lifetime love that she and her husband shared.
A Toast For My Brother On His Wedding Day
Cheers to the cat-loving newlyweds!
You Are Home
What feels like home to you?
A Room of My Own
Being location-independent has its perks, but, as Virginia Woolf observed in her classic essay A Room of One’s Own, “A woman must have…a room of her own if she is to write.”
Collaboration Is A Skill
A lot of people think, “Oh, I’m a good person, so I’m a good collaborator. But that’s not how it works.”
You’re My Home
Little kids have a habit that I find alternatingly very cute and very annoying, depending on my mood. I’m talking about the way they ask verrrrrrrry basic questions. And then ask them again. And then ask them again. Last week, Owen hit me with, “Mama, what’s a home?” I gave a pretty darn good answer.Continue reading “You’re My Home”
There Is Magic In Saying The Right Words
An ode to that feeling when you feel down and lost. But then someone you love says something that changes everything.