As a middle school teacher, there’s nothing that hurts my heart more than hearing a student say, "I hate reading!”
I love reading so...
November and December got away from us at the MMC Book Club (as it does for many of us). So this month, we are...
Here we are, ready to face another January. Whether your theme is “New Year, New You” or “New Year, Same You,” it is always...
I watched Sex and the City on repeat in my college years. My girlfriends and I would gather around our living room TV with...
I go through seasons with the way I make my coffee. How I prepare the brew seems to mirror the season I'm in. As...
If your best friend, neighbor, sibling, or a total stranger in the parking lot of the grocery store told you that:
they felt like...
When I was young, single, and child-free, I went to the spa monthly.
I had my nails done every two weeks and my hair done...
How much do I love a Costco rotisserie chicken? Oh, let me count the ways.
How about seven ways, one for every day of the...
“Journal writing, when it becomes a ritual for transformation, is not only life-changing but life-expanding.” – Jen Williamson
Have you ever wanted to journal? I...
Like it or not, we are already at that time of year. The time that some refer to as magical. Wonderful. Inspiring, even.
If you...
The first moments of the day happen every morning. Each morning, we wake and serve. We consume.
As I reflect on serving and consuming in...
An isolated, abandoned girl, a judgmental town and era, and a suspicious death that is actually a murder in the marshes of North Carolina....

















