I was thinking about how nothing in my life is ever ALL GOOD or ALL BAD — if I am being completely objective with myself. Lately, my posts have been a bit on the somber side (sorry about that, by the way) and, I openly admit that I’m processing some thoughts and feelings I wish […]

Whenever I feel a little too stressed, I clean. It’s my go-to move. And, it always works… Well. Maybe not always.  But if the world around me is tidy when the world inside of me is too messy to touch, I can at least breathe. So between cleaning and hiking (which is my other “go-to” […]

I’ve been wondering how the term “stepparent” came into being. I don’t actually want to know the answer… I guess I’m more in the mood to ruminate about what that word means to me in a post. But let me just say, there’s something really visual about this term for me. In my mind, the […]