Every summer when I was a kid, my mom would grow a little garden in the backyard. We had a detached garage. The garden was placed along the side of the garage that got the most sun. I mainly remember her growing tomatoes. As I became an adult, got married, and started to build my…
Every summer when I was in college and graduate school, I worked at a small amusement park. I was pretty spoiled. I had a cushy job in the office with the air conditioning! As a perk for working at the park, I got to go to the park for free on my days off using…
Sweets were my family’s kryptonite growing up. Every family gathering, and every holiday, we’d have dessert, and lots of it! At Easter we’d have lots of pies and cookies in addition to jelly beans and robin eggs. At Christmas we’d have lots of candy in our stockings. After opening presents, we’d gorge ourselves on more…
We all do it. At least those of us who are trying and struggling. We research different sex positions. We lay on the bed with our legs in the air after sex. We try different diets. Then we try a couple more. We try different workout routines. We take weird supplements that are supposed to…
I am a board certified music therapist. According to the Music Therapy Association, “Music therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music intervention to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.” I use music all day at my job to help others…
In October, 2007, I was a freshman in high school. I was probably sitting at my desk doing my homework. My mom came into my room and sat on my bed. She patted the space next to her, beckoning me to come sit beside her. She told me that she had breast cancer. I don’t…
If anyone knows me well, they know that I love watching John Delony on YouTube! If you know me well and you didn’t know that, well, now you know. I am a huge John Delony fan! Dr. John Delony, part of the Dave Ramsey team, is a mental health expert who gives advice and counsel…
If anyone knows me well, they know that I love watching John Delony on YouTube! If you know me well and you didn’t know that, well, now you know. I am a huge John Delony fan! Dr. John Delony, part of the Dave Ramsey team, is a mental health expert who gives advice and counsel…
If anyone knows me well, they know that I love watching John Delony on YouTube! If you know me well and you didn’t know that, well, now you know. I am a huge John Delony fan! Dr. John Delony, part of the Dave Ramsey team, is a mental health expert who gives advice and counsel…
[CONTENT WARNING: Parts of this post may be graphic, discuss menstrual periods, excessive bleeding, and miscarriage.] In April of 2023, I took a pregnancy test. Nick and I wanted to have mimosas on Easter, but I was wondering if something was going on in my body that maybe I shouldn’t. I felt different. A couple…