So this day I had agreed to call my sister, and I was running late, and I popped out of the car and started my walk. OMG! WTF? I have never in my 43 years of driving

As a mom, efficiency was my watchword. And one way to save tons of time in my hectic mom-day was for all socks to be the same. Can you imagine how much time it would take If I had to

Grandaddy was tall and quiet and had a stillness about him. And as a kid, I loved being with him, because he would give me

You know what is better than getting a new hairstyle? Nothing! And why is getting our hair cut so great? Because

Nola always had a green pass. A green pass meant you were a really good and responsible and amazing person, which

I’ve had this song stuck in my head for DAYS and I still love it. I first heard it on TikTok, when Greg showed me someone he follows (the UK kitchen dancer?) dancing to this song. And I instantly

The first thing about Granny Jenkins is she was small, which was very handy when I was small, because she seemed very manageable. The second thing about Granny Jenkins is

Most people probably had girlfriends, but I really didn’t. I had man-friends and couple-friends and work-friends and family. But somehow I’d

You know how sometimes one choice changes everything? Choosing this college, moving to that city? Buying this house, marrying that guy? One day in March

When I was the ripe old age of twenty-one, I was getting ready to graduate from Ohio Wesleyan University, and I needed a job. My boyfriend

Whenever I’m feeling too tired or not tired enough, stressed, mad, sad, overwhelmed, underwhelmed, or really when I’m feeling any feeling I don’t feel like feeling, I turn to

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In 10th grade I moved to Delaware, Ohio and joined the marching band. We went off to band camp the week before school started, because if

“Approaching circles eight and nine, Dante braces himself to encounter the worst sinners of all . . .

We stepped into Sweet Ride and I knew it was one of those places. It looked charming from the outside and felt charming on the inside

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I read this headline recent. And it made my heart grow three sizes. “Uber and Lyft will offer

Me, my Mom, my sister, and my daughter all gathered at the Maine cabin for a wonderful week away from the monotonous nothingness of pandemic life. I packed up my

Grammie Susie was perfect. Grammie Susie was southern. Grammie Susie grew up on a plantation in Georgia. Grammie Susie was my dad’s mother. She was not

. . . then Mrs. Weisel said these 8 words that would change my life: