Yesterday, Governor Pat McCroy took a plate of cookies to a group of women protesting outside of the governor's mansion. They chanted ...

By Sunday, I was really ready to come home. There were things I wanted to do - an invitation to the Art Institute or a sightseeing cruise - ...

Walking through the expo at BlogHer is overwhelming. There are so many people and so many booths and so much of all the stuff in the world. ...

It's that time again. Time to pack a bag and head to BlogHer. I actually have goals this year. Having the honor of producing  List...

Oh, Paula. You've gotten yourself into quite a mess, haven't you? My Facebook feed is full of people from back home who want to ...

Last night I dreamed that Momma and I were shopping. We were in some hip little downtown area, very much like Asheville, and we were in stor...

Colin and I were on a date. Everyone else had plans or meetings, so the three year old was stuck home with Momma once again. I decided tha...

I'm not sure how to celebrate a birthday when you aren't here to actually turn another year older. Cupcakes with big piles of uns...

Dear Mallory, Today, you turn 17. It's a magical age. You are so close to being an adult, but yet you still get to claim childhood. Fo...

Something spectacular happened today. LympheDIVAs released a new line of sleeves in memory of Susan. They are sleeves designed using image...

Here it is. The last hoorah of my 30's. I told Kevin tonight that I was feeling introspective about it, and he thought I meant I was reg...

Almost a year ago, I stopped coloring my hair. It was partly an "I-don't-give-a-shit" decision, and partly an "I'm-lu...

We got the best news yesterday. For months now, I've been trying to ready myself and my attitude for sending Christopher to our base s...

Maybe I've told this story before, maybe not. As Christopher's birthday cupcakes sit baking in the oven, I can't help but tell i...

The day comes closer. It's just another day. The day before my daddy will have been gone for two years. It's the day you will have...

The therapy. It is tough. I'm often left all thought out, cried out, and tired out before I can open this page and begin to write. But...

I'm not going to lie. 2012 sucked giant donkey balls. 2011 wasn't that much better. Declaring that 2013 is going to be better jus...

Just in case the world doesn't end tomorrow, I went ahead and had my mammogram today. It's been a few years since I've had one. ...

Each December, the children at Arts Together put on a brilliant production of The Nutcracker. A little spontaneous at times, and a little ab...

He slips into my room in the middle of the night. Or in the very early morning. Either way you look at it, I'm still in a deep sleep. ...