As I write this, I'm preparing for a long weekend away with friends. I'm taking a few hours off from work to hop an early flight to where...

Spending a weekend with loved ones, celebrating American life, serves as a valuable reminder of what is important. These moments are...

Today marks the second half of the year.

Earlier this year, I shared that my word for 2024 is BOLD. As I promised, I want to move outside of my comfort zone and achieve personal...

mid-year update on goal setting

I'll be the first to admit that getting older is hard. For women, our bodies change (again!) and our outward youthfulness begins to...

I wanted to share my reasons and experience with undertaking my "no spend" month.

We spent the past weekend outdoors enjoying baseball, barbeque and cleanup of the yard. We also experienced every temperature...

You read that right — we've posted 600 times! Fay and I launched And She Writes in June 2020 in the middle of the pandemic. Since then,...

It's Spring Break season, and many of us are headed to or thinking about ocean waves and salty air. "Sunsets are proof that no matter...

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you may know that I follow a lot of author Gretchen Rubin's happiness habits. One of my...

With 2023 behind us, I'm reflecting and evaluating how I did with achieving my goal for the year — to be more connected. Overall, I am...

Happy New Year! As always, I've begun 2024 focused on a word I can incorporate into all aspects of my life. This next year I want to move...

Today's "What I'm Loving" is all about the intangible that I'm appreciating today--time. The gifts are wrapped, the office is closed and...

Since my birthday is this time of year, I cherish my childhood and adolescent memories of costume (birthday) parties and Halloween...

Today's thoughts are brief. There is a lot going on in the world right now. News coverage this weekend included the horrors of war, mass...

As '90s fashion makes a resurgence, including "retro t-shirts" at Target featuring Nirvana, Metallica and Tupac, I'm becoming...

I know, I know--it's still only July. We've got time left with Summer 2023! We do--but, sadly, not much. I'm struggling with that reality...

Growing up, my family took many long, summer road trips. I was rarely excited for them, but they were packed with memories — the obvious...

At the beginning of this year, I set my word for 2023 – connectedness. I want to spend this year focusing on my relationship with others...