Valentine's Day tends to evoke a variety of emotions and reactions depending on life circumstances, experiences, relationship status, etc, all of which primarily center around...
I used to be a hardcore New Year’s Resolutions gal. I made all the lists. I made the lofty (and now, looking back on...
As one year draws to a close, it’s natural to reflect on what you have achieved. A lot of people might want things to...
My name is Heather, and I don't want to go "home" for the holidays.
I grew up in the Midwest with two parents and one...
Everyone jokes about how terrible fruitcakes are. I wanted to see if they were right. Fruitcake gets a bad rap and I wanted to...
The holidays are upon us; how joyful of a time! Tis’ the season of twinkling lights, cheery eyed children, the enticing smell of evergreen,...
Our second Christmas in the desert is quickly approaching and I'm eagerly awaiting the delivery of two holiday scented candles and the second and...
It’s October and the cusp of the holiday season. The decorative pumpkins have been sitting on your bookshelf for weeks. The wooden “thankful and...
My eleven-year-old still sleeps with his teddy bear. When I tuck him and his teddy bear in at night, these are moments that I live...
A few years, I was at a farmer's market during the last week of October when the gal running the veggie stand said, "All...
Halloween is fast approaching!
Does that statement make you cheer or make you groan?! I used to be the sort of person who dreaded Halloween...
Sometimes I have to be the witch and set some boundaries. One of these boundaries is that we can't start talking about our Halloween...
Military Lifestyle
Normalized Overwhelm
Over the Edge
I was standing in the kitchen, washing dishes and doing mental math: I was trying to figure out how to get the...
