We Are the Sum of Our Choices

There's a hole in my living room ceiling now. Right where a smooth, clean, white ceiling used to be. It's par for the course this year,...

I miss the people. I miss the music. I miss structure in my life. I miss the sounds of laughter in my home. I miss human connection. I...

Snow. A dusting against the still-green leaves. A sign of the changing of the seasons. It was a fluke snow shower and melted by the next...

I love the smell of the leaves in the fall, and the feel of them crinkling under my feet. They piled up over the top of the mower last...

I've never been very coordinated. I pretty much suck at sports. The one time I joined the volleyball team in middle school I got laughed...

I've always considered the number three to be lucky. It's my birth date after all. In numerology, being born on the 3rd day of the month...

When it comes to driving, there are a few things that I always hate doing. One is parallel parking. Haven't done that since I took my...

There's a beautiful walking route around the lake in my community. I walk it often these days, as a way to relieve stress and burn a few...

Rocks, Leaves, Mud, Standing water after a hard rain. Those are just some of the things that get caught up in the window wells outside my...

Life throws rocks in our paths. How you choose to deal with them, either positively or negatively, can change the trajectory of your...

If you live in the Midwest, there's a good chance that you have at least one junk drawer. I have two. Mine are filled with miscellaneous...

When I mow my lawn, I wear mismatched socks. Mostly because I can't find the pairs for them and I hate to throw them away. Plus, with my...

We've had beautiful weather the past few weeks. And I've been taking advantage of it, getting outside to run, enjoying night time fires...

One giant pile of brush One tiny fire pit One million steps across the patio to feed the fire It was quite a process.

I've seen some beautiful flowers in my neighborhood lately. They catch my eye as I'm walking or running and I have to pause and take a...

Hands down my favorite snack is chips and salsa. One of my close friends from work and I used to frequent a great Mexican restaurant...

After being up at the hospital with my son for nearly two weeks, my refrigerator was in desperate need of purging. As I went through the...

"Find a penny, pick it up. All day long you'll have good luck." I'm probably showing my age quoting that saying, but it popped into my...

When we first went on lockdown, I was one of those moms who would tell my boys, "Please be careful, we can't end up in the ER right now!"...

One bucket truck Two dead ash trees Three chainsaws And a sweltering hot day. The trees needed to come down. In fact, they really should...