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Samantha
Jan 201 min read
Monday Musings: Review of 2024 Word of the Year
My word for 2024 was BOLD . I wanted to move outside of my comfort zone and achieve personal and professional growth. Â I've accomplished...
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Fay
Jan 132 min read
Monday Musings: 24 for 2024 Recap
Every year, we share a progress update and final evaluation of the year's goals. I frame my annual resolutions based on Gretchen Rubin's...
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Samantha
Jan 62 min read
Monday Musings: 2025 Word for the Year
Happy New Year! I've begun 2025 with a more peaceful mindset. This year will introduce changes for our family that promise both...
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Samantha
Dec 23, 20241 min read
Monday Musings: Promising Myself
With Thanksgiving falling later on the calendar, it’s been three weeks of intense holiday rush, more than usual. To combat this, I’ve...
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Fay
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Monday Musings: Sources of Positivity
We all know that this is an incredibly difficult time. It's an election year, wars are raging, and natural disasters have caused...
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Fay
Sep 23, 20241 min read
Monday Musings: Five Senses of Fall
Fall is beautiful. It always reminds me of college (which I shared in a post, Monday Musings: The Magic of Fall ) in the most sentimental...
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Samantha
Sep 10, 20241 min read
Remembering 9/11/
Tomorrow will commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a day that remains unforgettable for many of us. The images...
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Samantha
Aug 19, 20242 min read
Monday Musings: My Child's Last Lap
I'm in my new era: mom to a high school senior. It's strange to even type those words as I truly feel like I just sent her off to...
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Fay
Aug 12, 20241 min read
Monday Musings: The Benefits of Long Weekends
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...
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Samantha
Jul 8, 20242 min read
Monday Musings: When Life Feels Heavy
Spending a weekend with loved ones, celebrating American life, serves as a valuable reminder of what is important. These moments are...
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Fay
Jul 1, 20241 min read
Monday Musings: Second Half
Today marks the second half of the year.
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Samantha
Jun 3, 20241 min read
Monday Musings: Word of the Year Progress
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...
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Fay
May 20, 20242 min read
Monday Musings: 24 for 2024 Update
mid-year update on goal setting
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Samantha
Apr 29, 20242 min read
Monday Musings: Aging is a Gift
I'll be the first to admit that getting older is hard. For women, our bodies change (again!) and our outward youthfulness begins to...
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Fay
Apr 23, 20242 min read
Tuesday Morning Tidy: No Spend Month
I wanted to share my reasons and experience with undertaking my "no spend" month.
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Fay
Apr 8, 20241 min read
Monday Musings: Spring has Sprung!
We spent the past weekend outdoors enjoying baseball, barbeque and cleanup of the yard. We also experienced every temperature...
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Samantha
Mar 29, 20241 min read
And She Writes' 600th Post!
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,...
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Fay
Mar 11, 20241 min read
Monday Musings: Beach Thoughts
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...
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Fay
Jan 30, 20241 min read
Tuesday Morning Tidy: 24 for 24
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...
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Samantha
Jan 22, 20241 min read
Monday Musings: 2023 Review - Word of the Year
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...
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