Oh my goodness. Ya'll. What an exciting day! I signed up several weeks ago for Influenster, drawn in by the allure of free things. I never really expected anything to come of it, or thought if it did they might send me some drugstore makeup in completely unwearable colors. So you can imagine my ...
on broken things, Part I
What do you do when people fail you? Not a little tiny failure, but a massive, all-consuming failure. A failure that feels like a knife in your stomach, twisting, causing you to collapse to your knees. A failure that leaves a gaping hole in the heart of you and feels like loss. A loss that separates ...
Happy Independence Day
Hey friends. :) Happy Fourth of July! For the longest time, this has been my second-favorite holiday, right up after Thanksgiving. I love having a day in the middle of summer to celebrate freedom. That sounds super cliche, but it's true! I love it when people -friends, family, strangers even- come ...
Today I turn 30.
And I have a few thoughts on that. Another year, another new milestone. Sometimes I catch sight of myself in the mirror and think with a sigh, "Yep. I definitely look thirty." My baby fat is all gone, and I've (mostly) made an uneasy sort of peace with my nose, but there's a wrinkle on my ...