A Girl in the Real World

We recently went to Florida for a family vacation with my mom and sister. My mom turned 60 and what she wanted to do was go to the beach. S...

"Infertility is a heart-wrenching, faith-questioning, relationship-testing, life-altering experience." National Infertility Aw...

I bundled up to venture out in the backyard to snap a picture of the sky. I didn't want to do it because the sky is a never ending s...

I often keep myself shut up tight. My sister laughs at me because she doesn't understand how I can actively choose to hide away in m...

Day 30. Facts About You 1. I am an introvert. I'm still learning what that means, but some of my life long behaviors are starting to ...

Day 27. A Letter to your Younger Self 1. You've been married for nearly 15 years. So, you were right when you kept telling people tha...

Day 26. Who'd play you in a movie This prompt was easy! And even stayed within my A-Z theme. Lucky me. When I have my bangs trimmed...

Day 17. I'm an expert at... I am the self-doubt queen! I know I come across like I know what the hell I'm doing....but I don...

Day 8. Letter To Yourself in 10 Years HHHeeeeeyyyy there, I'm writing this to you from 10 years ago. If the Doctor would hurry up a...

This morning I was listening to the Kidd Kraddick in the Morning Show, like I do every morning, and Big Al had a quick bit where he offe...

On Monday, my sister called to check on me. "I went to your blog to see what you've been up to and there wasn't anything new...

You ever have those days when NOTHING works? I mean, not a damn thing?! Today was that day. Pinned onto the end of a long, stressful week...

I've been thinking a lot about a particular moment in my life. It happened several months ago but for some reason has been on my mind l...

I am going to be straight up with y'all. I don't take very good care of my skin! I mean, I want to. I think about it. Sometimes I e...

I'm on vacation this week. Not because I have anything special planned, more because I had a week that I needed to take before the end ...

 It says daily, but it will be weekly..not that it makes it any better. * Not that I haven't been aware of this problem alrea...

Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.  ~Andre Gide I'm tired, y'all. Stressed.   Work is eating me alive...

  Describe where or what you come from. The people, the places, and/or the factors that make up who you are.   When I ask myse...

  When I walked into work with my first flower delivery of the day a co-worker asked me, 'What did you do to deserve those?' a...