I love cooking a big Sunday meal for everyone. Growing up Southern, Sundays meant getting up early and heading to church. Then we’d head home and my Gram would make an early dinner. Usually those meals were her chicken fried steak, greens, potatoes, biscuits, and if I was lucky she’d make my favorite fried apple hand pies. But in…
There are few seasons l like more than summer, but Fall is quickly starting feel like the place where I want to be. It’s growing on me, year after year I find something else that draws me into the embrace of Fall’s enchantment. Summer was my season. I love the warm lazy days, sleeping in late, and don’t forget the…
I think about my childhood sometimes, trying to make peace of it and understanding. It wasn’t easy growing up with a parent with a mental illness, she just wasn’t who I needed her to be and looking at it now, I am thankful that my great-grandparents had the insight to see that when I was born and tried to step…
I had a star struck moment today. I am such a dork. I am a huge fan of Problogger’s Darren Rowse. I’ve written a few posts about my admiration of his work and I am a weekly follower of his podcasts. So when I joined his blogger’s challenge group on Facebook a few weeks ago I was the biggest dork. What…
I love brownies. I love them warm and chewie. So when I went gluten-free this summer I worried that I would have a hard time finding a recipe for brownies that wouldn’t come out grainy or dry. There is nothing worse than biting into a browie to find it taste more like playdough than chocolate. So I scoured the internet…
I am so excited. Today I realized that in 3 weeks I am going to see my best friend, Brandon. I booked this trip months ago, but I’ve been so busy that it really just snuck up on me that this is really happening. He is one of those people who can take my worst days and turn them around…
Why do you think you have Lyme Disease? You really think that this bacteria floats around in your body for years and years and you are just walking around? You are here, walking and talking and on my table getting tests and you believe that you are filled with this deadly bacteria? Nonsense. Don’t believe everything you are told…
One of the hardest things about living with a Chronic Illness like Lyme Disease is knowing when to get up and fight through it and when to listen to advice and lay low for a while. This last week I was told that I needed to get off my feet for a few days so I could heal from a…
Dear Consignment Stores, I am not sure if you are aware of this, but you are NOT an upscale boutique on the lovely streets of Hollywood or even a trendy shop in Manhattan. Your odd painted sign that has to tell people you are an “Upscale boutique” shouldn’t be necessary if you actually were one. No… you are a shabby shop…
I wrote this a few years ago after my best friend and “brother” died. I just didn’t know how I was going to get through this horrible feeling called grief. I took to writing as a way of getting all of those emotions out of my head and setting them free. What I learned was that there are so many…
