My parents never pressured me about what to study in college. While some of my friends were steered into business degrees they despised, I was free to float through the...

The new year is always marketed as a fresh start. A clean slate for personal growth. A jumping-off point for stomachs and livers to get their lives together after the...

Buzz, boop, bing! My phone is hopping all over the place like I just won at the slot machines. Sadly, money isn’t pouring out of the earpiece. This is a...

Here is my reading of one of my articles - Mama's Backpack of Guilt - in May, 2014. https://youtu.be/wPHVZftVhcY?si=fdkhrigKcMvthWZz

Every year has its challenges, but 2025 chose chaos. It was a year so relentlessly strange that simply keeping shoes on and showing up felt like an achievement. And yet,...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, really?Settle down, Andy Williams. This time of year is straight-up dumpster-fire panic. The only marshmallows getting toasted in my life are the...

My friend Mike makes this legendary Mississippi Pot Roast that simmers away in his crock pot for 8 hours like a Southern miracle. The aroma alone could make angels drool....

Pete the Dog is my French Bulldog. He’s a hot mess. He looks like something a kindergartner drew during indoor recess. He’s got these giant eyeballs — one of which...

The blood pressure monitor betrays me immediately—its shrewd little beep tattles to my neighbors that I’m nervous, even though I’m trying very hard to look like I’m not about to...

Chiggers. The word makes me laugh. I first learned about these itchy demons when I moved to Bluffton. If you’re unfamiliar, they are like a mosquito’s evil little brother -...

You want to know what’s awesome about menopause? Literally everything. If you haven’t tried it yet - what are you even doing with your life? Everybody’s journey is their own,...

In case you were wondering what things can crawl into your house through your drain in South Carolina - it’s pretty much everything.  I opened the door to my shower...

“What do you mean you can’t access it? ISN’T THIS YOUR JOB?” is admittedly not the best way to speak to the woman at the Apple help desk. But I...

I know you’re supposed to love thy neighbor. But they make it pretty difficult to do when they’re out to get you.  I recently replaced the house number stickers on...

I forgot that I suck at playing games with kids. I had buried this fact in the deep recesses of my brain, as my girls are now teenagers. These days...

“Wait, he’s in the backyard? In the DARK?”  This was the moment I knew our annual tradition was officially out of control. The day before Easter my bestie Janet signed...