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 […]

I had a situation in a busy parking lot today, and it inspired a question: Does it matter if I’m sorry? I realize that’s a super vague and very loaded question. But I think it’s an important one for me. I’m still not sure I know how to answer that question for myself just yet, […]