Every Day Do Something

(this post contains affiliate links) Yesterday, I added my 17 year old’s wise words to my internal playlist—the thoughts I’m training myself to focus on and using to override the voice of my inner critic. You know that voice because I’m fairly certain you have an...

In the Books

When we first had our children, we had all kinds of visions and ideas of what our days would look like. Some of this was based on what my life had been like as a kid, and some of it was based on the way families were portrayed in movies, books, and television shows....

That Quiet Time of Day

There is a time as a parent when you become acutely aware of the quiet, but instead of it inspiring you to relax, it spurs you to investigate as if you are Sherlock Holmes himself. You know what I’m talking about, especially if you have been the parent of young...

The Kismet of Our Creative Lives

(this post contains affiliate links) A few years ago I discovered a book by Elizabeth Gilbert called, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear and devoured its words and ideas zestfully. Because it inspired me as much as it did, I also got the audio version, read by...

Story & Characters

As a writer, one of the things I appreciate deeply about my teenagers is their creative writing focus; I love the stories they dabble in and the characters they develop. Those characters take on roles in their stories and in their art, whether on the iPad or in...