Love for the Bad Days

Let’s face it. Life is hard and we all have bad days. Days where nothing seems to go the way we planned or the way we want. Days where we feel more emotional, even weepy or maybe angry, than other days. Days where we’d like to treat ourselves to the day in bed or on...

Can She Do It?

When I first announced this project to my family, first to my husband, for whom I had done a similar project right after we had our first baby girl, and then to my teenagers, it was only my 17 year old who wondered aloud whether it was possible for me to find 365...

The Write Time

When I graduated from high school, I remember all of the different conversations that circulated around us as seniors who were in the midst of one of our first big transitions—where were people headed after graduation. By that time, most of us had heard from the...

Doing the Right Thing—for Themselves

There is a popular meme that circles social media from time to time regarding making plans to attend and event or get together with friends on one day, usually when you’re feeling energetic and ready to take on the world, and, then, on the day of the actual event, the...

Steeped in Joy

Every now and then, as I move through my day, my eyes will fall on my two teenagers and I will experience a familiar feeling, a feeling that is an amalgamation of wonder and gratitude and love. I don’t know about the experience of other parents, but ever since these...