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Grief, the response to loss of something deemed important, has been part of my life for the past 4 months. I didn't officially lose my...

This is a million-dollar question for moms everywhere. Tonight, I know that I've got chicken thighs thawed. What I don't know is what I...

This is for Chris. Thanks for the encouragement. In 2017, I set a goal to write every day in November, and I finished National Novel...

Adventures in Cooking with Tori was something that I used to love doing. Then the pandemic hit and I allowed her to have a lot of freedom...

This week brought us into single digits for our end of school year count down. In fact, now we can count down with only one hand. It's...

At my daughter's birthday party last year, we got rained out from going creek stomping and invited all her friends to our house for a...

It's finally long-awaited grilling season at our house. To top of buying our new-to-us house last summer, we purchased a Blackstone at...

Today, I'm thankful for Harmony School of Music. Since the fall of 2021, this organization has been transforming my child's life. Tonight...

To be honest, writing hasn't given me much joy recently. I am working full-time. My children are involved in a lot of activities and my...

It's 2020. The world is shut down. But I get an invitation to join an online creative group. It's compromised of a lot of people I...

It's a very busy season in my life right now. I have a middle schooler and a child in late elementary school. For the past 2 1/2 months...

I hit a creative wall during the pandemic. Slowly, I am finding my way back. I'm going to do Thankful Thursdays right now. Today, I'm...

I'm waiting for the right time. I'm waiting for the money. I'm waiting to feel better. I'm waiting until my kids are older. I'm waiting...

I used to measure seconds in the terms that all 86,400 seconds of each and every day counted. I needed to not waste a single one. Then,...

I believe that there's a lot more to learn from failing than from succeeding. After all, if everything goes smoothly every time you're...

It's been awhile since I've shared my love for a book, but that doesn't mean I have stopped reading. I just haven't done much writing....

A few weeks ago at my Monday night writing group, we talked about the word should. There are so many things we feel like we should do,...

Each year I have a word that I adopt as a word of the year. Two years ago, in 2019, my word was courage. In 2020, well before the...

I've been never been not so focused in my life - well, except for possibly when my family expanded from three to four, we moved ten days...

Alexa Michaels doesn't disappoint her readers in this tale of an independent, strong-willed woman, Samantha Bowers, reuniting with a lover f