C'est le Printemps
People love to say that they need to live where there are four seasons. We assume they mean a differentiation in weather throughout the...
It Was Him (I was 11)
“Every single woman has a scary story about a man.” My first scary story happened when I was 11 years old. My mom dropped me off at the...


Among Us
The day Elijah was born, Chip’s sister, Ellen, called us at the hospital to congratulate us. She was so damn happy for her baby brother....
Can't You?
I had survived the hardest year of my life, that started with a breast cancer diagnosis and ended with a wrap on my 30-year marriage. I...
EMM-puh-thee (noun)
Imagine if an empath tried to stay married to a narcissist for 29 years. Sounds like the start of a hilarious joke. Here's the set-up....

The Sophomore Gardener
For the second Spring in a row, I am out in my yard, digging in the soil. At one with nature. Yanking weeds up by their roots heh heh...
Downshifting
2022 was a weird year. First, the breast cancer. Then the end of my marriage. I spent the first half of the year trying to reinvent? no....


I Am Not My Hair
Changing my hair is kind of my superpower. It's been long, short, curly, straight, blonde, red, brunette and every conceivable...


The Picture that Changed My Life
In October, we held our 8th annual United Way Golf Tournament. It was a big year - bringing the total we've raised over the life of the...

ptsd
"Cops just straight-up lied to the public about what happened until they realized there was so much video." @carterforva I think this was...