Valentine’s Day Mix Tape: Something For Everyone, Because I Heart You

“Cause there’s a this tune I found that makes me think of you somehow and I play it on repeat…” -Arctic Monkeys, Do I Wanna Know I used to love making mixed tapes. I would make them for myself and for my friends. The ultimate was when a guy would make one for me, that […]

“I Got Your Back” guest post on Must Be This Tall To Ride

Today I have the honor of being featured on one of my favorite blogs.  This is the very first blog I “followed” on WordPress and it’s always a must-read for me.  Endearing, funny, real, human.  If those are qualities you appreciate, you’ll enjoy Must Be This Tall To Ride as much as I do.  My […]

Lessons From Haiti: A Better Me (Guest Post by Rachelle Settle)

This is a guest post by a close friend who just returned from a mission trip to Haiti with her daughter.  They travelled as part of a 31 person team with Give Hope Global.  This organization provides funding, supplies, medical and dental care and much more to Haitian orphans.  When she returned last week and […]

Sisterhood of the World Blogger’s Award!

When I started this blog four months ago, I hoped to get to exercise my writing muscle. What I didn’t know was that there was this amazing community of bloggers that I would become a part of.  It takes time and effort to read each other’s blogs, to comment, to browse.  But it is so […]

Why I’m Here

“So put me on a highway, and show me a sign.  And take it to the limit, one more time.” -The Eagles, Take It To The Limit I’ve been doing this thing, this whole blogging thing for a few months now.  I love it.  I didn’t know how much I’d love it.   That has […]

2014: Keep Looking To The Sky

“And as we all play parts of tomorrow, some ways we’ll work and other ways we’ll play, but I know we can’t all stay here forever, so I want to write my words on the face of today, and then they’ll paint it” -Blind Melon, Change I love change.  Always have.  Big changes, little changes. […]

The Break Up Letter

“Staring at empty pages, Centered ’round the same old plot, Staring at empty pages, Flowing along the ages” -Traffic, Empty Pages I’m breaking up with you. This isn’t easy for me. You’ve been a part of my life for so many years, most of my adult life. But the thing is- you’ve changed. You’re not who […]

Digging Deep, Letting Go and Catching Butterflies

“You are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.  You shine just like sunlight rains on a winter snow.  I just had to tell you so.  Your eyes sparkle as the stars, like the moon they glow.  Your smile could light the world on fire, or did you know?  Your mind’s full of everything that […]

Lessons From the Worst Day of My Life

“And I know it aches and your heart it breaks and you can only take so much….  Walk on.” -U2, Walk On It was my wedding day. We had spent the past year and a half planning every little detail, the string quartet, the candles, the sunset. Yes, even the sunset. One year before our […]