My mom and I have a Mother’s Day tradition that we’ve had for over 10 years now. Every Mother’s Day morning, we go to the cemetery and plant a red geranium for her mom, my Mimi. And despite it being a sad place, it’s not a sad tradition. In fact, I think my Mimi would […]
I’m usually the first person to tell myself I’m good at writing. I’ve been writing since I could hold a pencil, and I still have a mountain of notebooks from middle and high school full of barely-legible stories that no one else has ever read. To be honest, not sure if I could even read […]
A few weeks ago, I threw my back out putting my shoes on, which I think qualifies me as an old person. Now, I am 27 years old. I know that, technically, I’m still young. But someone needs to tell that to my body. I originally injured my back when I still worked retail. I […]
Well, April is here. Somehow, time keeps moving at an unreasonably fast pace. But with April comes two very important things that you may or may not know about: Autism Acceptance Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month. While April is many things, Alcohol Awareness Month, Earth Month, National Frog Month (didn’t know that until I […]
My puppy is jealous. Not of our other dog. Of me. I’m an only child so maybe someone with siblings can explain this to me. Our lab, Cosmo, is a sweet, sensitive boy. He needs attention all the time. If we’re home, he’s asking for attention. On the flip side, our golden, Wanda, wants nothing […]
A few weeks ago I did something that I will probably regret later: I volunteered to plan my high school reunion. It has been almost 10 years since me, my husband, and our friends were students at Richmond High School, home of the Blue Devils. Our graduating class was about 150 people, a majority of […]
I didn’t sleep Monday night. I’m sure many of you were the same. I’ve always said that news doesn’t take a holiday or a day off. Apparently it doesn’t sleep either. The violent acts at Michigan State University aren’t the first time I’ve been unable to turn off breaking news coverage. When Damar Hamlin collapsed […]
Every time I tried to write this column it sounded sappy and poetic, two things that I secretly am but don’t like to admit. But that’s what this column is about. One year ago on this day, Feb. 4, I published my first book. That is a wild sentence that I never thought I’d say. […]
Sometimes I think that I’m pretty good at being an adult. I have a job, I’m married, I have a house, I keep two dogs alive and happy, sometimes I bake things and I read for fun. But there are two things I have to do as an adult that just aren’t fun or easy: […]
Anyone who has been following the paper lately has probably read some pretty downer dog stories. Animals are something I care deeply about, and I, like many of you, could use a happy dog story. About a year ago, I got a big, memory foam bean bag thing for our guest room. The room is […]