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...

Happy New Year! I've begun 2025 with a more peaceful mindset. This year will introduce changes for our family that promise both...

With Thanksgiving falling later on the calendar, it’s been three weeks of intense holiday rush, more than usual. To combat this, I’ve...

We all know that this is an incredibly difficult time. It's an election year, wars are raging, and natural disasters have caused...

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...

Tomorrow will commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a day that remains unforgettable for many of us. The images...

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...

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...