My mother died 26 years ago today. I was 26 years old. Starting tomorrow, I will have lived more of my life without her than I did with...

Originally written February 12, 2022 Jefferson Michael Hanchey 8/8/44 - 2/12/22 My father died today. It was not unexpected. He has been...

NOTE: This blog post contains spoilers for the first season of “And Just Like That” on HBO. Like most women who were alive in the late...

I bought a pair of combat boots today, and it’s one of the most defiant things I’ve ever done. That may not seem like much to you. But to...

Last weekend, I flew to Dallas on a jet plane. It was the first of three flights in three days. I went to Dallas to see family, sure, but...

Lately I have been thinking a lot about the idea of living up to one’s potential. In addition to the writing and social media marketing...

2020 has been a real ass-kicker across the board. Pandemics, job losses, a crappy economy (unless you’re a billionaire), a contentious...

We got some bad news about my dad today.

It’s kind of a running joke now, people talking about how much weight they’ve gained over the course of this quarantine and pandemic....

My mother was annoyingly familiar with this little gem of wisdom, and made my brother and I follow it at all times. We are the kind of...

I have a confession to make. . . . I cannot stop watching TLC’s “90 Day Fiance’: The Other Way.” I try. I try so hard not to watch it....

Check on your single friends and family. We’re not ok. One of the benefits of being single for so long is my comfort in my independence....

Who is this kid? She’s clearly contemplating the Big Things In Life.

Today, I submitted ten pages of a manuscript, a book I've been working on, to a literary agent. That line on my to-do list has been a...

I just turned 50, the first birthday my mother never celebrated.

Every time I think, see, or hear the word PURPOSE, I immediately start singing the song of the same name from the Broadway musical...

The Universe shows you how unpredictable it can be. I started off yesterday morning with a new routine. Set an alarm! Meditated! Put in...

When I quit my job in December of 2019, several people told me I was brave. "Brave, or stupid. Could go either way," I always replied. It...

For all the faults I’ve been digging through in therapy, my mother was really a wonderful human being. She wrote letters faithfully...

My beloved MacBook Air passed away this week from a malfunctioning hard drive. She was really there for me during some hard times. When...