When I was in my mid-twenties, my cousin and his wife invited me to their daughter's first birthday party. The party was lovely, but that wasn't what struck me about the experience - rather, it was my cousin's wife, Jen, and her bevvy of elegant friends. Jen has been in the family since I was in my teens, and to me ...
Adulting
Embrace the Struggle (and grow!)
We spend so much time and effort running from pain. We actively avoid it. Many of our emotionally-based decisions subconsciously hinge on the thought, “will this hurt me down the track?”. We seek the easy path, even if it’s the longer one — sometimes even if we know it will hurt someone else. And it makes sense, why ...
Courage, dear heart: Finding Freedom in Facing Fear
Today, I conquered one of my most drawn out fears. It has been nineteen years since I last had to face this fear, and back then I didn't even have to do it by myself. I was only eleven and, as my sister so eloquently worded to me today (tongue in cheek, as she is in that small band of people that truly understand my ...