I want to not love Valentine’s Day.
Read MoreI'm not ashamed to admit...
Read MoreYou're 9 years old today, Scout!
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When did that happen?
For so long, I searched in the faces of others…
Read MoreYou'll never have to wonder if I’m happy.
It’ll be obvious, even without words.
I hope every hard decision you have to make can be made in the sunshine.
Read MoreOn a day like today, you deserve something beautiful.
Read MoreI can feel it in the way the air kisses the back of my neck,
how the tiny hairs rise so delicately after being softly caressed.
I’ve seen a few others do this (and I did this last year!) and am a big fan. This doesn’t speak for the collective or even for trends. But these are my takes on what is in and out for 2025...
Read MoreIt is the year of perspective.
Read MoreStarting in 2015, Nick and I have picked a “word of the year” towards the end of each December.
Read MoreI can't believe we are wrapping up 2024.
Read MoreI HATED having my birthday on December 22nd for much of my life. I wrote about this last year and how my perspective has shifted as I've gotten older. I talked specifically about how much I have learned to love my birthday because it's the first day we move towards brighter days. How it is the first light in the darkness; it is the turn towards ever-increasing hope.
Read MoreA wise friend posed that question to me on a call a couple of weeks ago, and I haven’t been able to shake it since.
Read MoreTwo years ago, I launched the "Insatiably Curious Club."
Read More“A glimmer is the exact opposite of a trigger—it is some kind of cue, either internal or external, that brings one back to a sense of joy or safety.”
Read MoreA refrain, a whisper, a question I've carried quietly for years, echoing through moments and places - work, family, friendships, a toxic ex.
Read MoreNo wonder I've always hated the rain.
Read MoreWhen love-coated limerence fades, we're left in the liminal space.
Read MoreNot because of my hobbies or the thoughts that course through my mind, but for the first time in my life, I feel like I've shifted by the places I've visited that I'd written off and now look at with curiosity.
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