Was feeling myself today. First, I thought it must be the shoes, then I realized it wasn't what I was walking on, but what I was walking...

**Long post alert!** Back to the “work” I was taking about yesterday. I want you, for a moment, to consider something you desire or a...

Never never never . . . Settle! The message on the back of my shirt truly resonates with me today. Never settle for less than you...

*Super long post alert, but the end! So rather than working toward my goals or what I desired, I was working to maintain the thing that...

People often ask where I get my drive. I could easily say the Army or my momma, and all that would be true, but it’s deeper than that. I...

For years, I kept my diplomas in a drawer. May have been imposter syndrome or the fear of feeling I would be bragging if I drew...

Finding it difficult to focus on writing when it seems the world is on fire? I certainly am. Recounting past traumas is difficult enough...

During my childhood, visits to the Portsmouth Public Library were one of the many walking vacations Momma took us on when she had a day...

Hard to believe it’s been almost a year since I posted my last blog. So much has happened in that time; a life-altering trip to the...

Up early combing through these first page proofs and I’m glad I didn’t take the fast/easy way out. Finding before-hidden errors that...