I don't know exactly where this mindset came from, I'm sure I'll find out after spending a 100 hours on a therapist's couch, but I grew up with this mindset that I'd already lost. I would see people doing things and think to myself I can't ever do that. It wasn't...

At a complete loss on how to deal with a situation, I spent a lot of time with myself, inside my head. I pulled out the adult coloring book I promised myself I'd color in weekly that hadn't been touched in months, pulled out the colored pencils, and dove in. I was...

When I was in high school, a girl I was only kind of friends with was diagnosed with a rare condition that affected her kidneys. It was a situation that might land her in need of a transplant. I spent the afternoon talking with her on AIM, well, mostly listening. She...

I believe in purpose. I believe in seasons. I also believe that many of us stay loyal to things that are no longer serving us (or that we are no longer serving) because we feel an emotional connection to it because it once served a purpose. But seasons are just...

I am not hardcore. I feel things. I feel everything. I used to argue with my husband when he'd tell me that I'm too emotional that it was a necessary quality in a writer. In a good writer, anyway. But where it's not a good quality? In life. In life, being...

I'm a planner. I'm obsessed with knowing the how. And I'll be honest and tell you that sometimes I get so caught up in the how that I miss the point entirely. The how doesn't matter if you aren't doing. And if you're like me and get caught up in the how, you'll know...