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A word on Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day has never been my favorite performance. While my husband remembers every Hallmark holiday, I prefer love unscheduled, shown in daily rituals, not dictated by a calendar square. From Cupid costumes to sushi dates and retro arcades, this is my honest (and slightly sarcastic) word on Valentine’s Day. Continue reading
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Uninvited commentary
Some people pause before they speak. Others provide live commentary on dishwashers, driving routes, and life decisions nobody asked to have analyzed. This reflection on being relentlessly talkative explores the fine line between engagement and overparticipation, and the humbling realization that silence occasionally earns more respect. Continue reading
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Functioning …. technically
Exhaustion isn’t dramatic. It’s quiet, caffeinated, and deeply unimpressed. This is a low-battery dispatch from a day powered by sarcasm, unfinished coffee, and the stubborn belief that words still matter, even when energy does not. Continue reading
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Writing things down is radical
2026 is being called the year of analog living, but for many, it’s not a trend at all. It’s a familiar cycle. As technology overwhelms, people return to what feels slower, human, and real. This isn’t nostalgia. It’s correction. Continue reading
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The Pig Farmers
A sardonic take on parenting, frustration, and the fantasy that raising pigs might have been simpler. Children talk back. Pigs don’t. Somewhere between exhaustion and love, this essay explores why parenting is the most thankless, maddening, and quietly rewarding job there is. Continue reading
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Five Eyes, Zero Clue
Bees have five eyes. Mothers are told we have eyes everywhere. Turns out neither is enough when kids, boredom, and bad ideas collide. A snarky, darkly funny look at motherhood, missed disasters, and the comforting lie that parents always know what’s going on. Continue reading
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Congratulations, You Own This
Freedom of choice is empowering until the consequences show up uninvited. This essay explores personal responsibility, moral clarity, and the uncomfortable truth that just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Choice is free. Ownership is not. And adulthood means accepting both. Continue reading
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The aftermath
After the decorations come down and the doors finally stop swinging, the evidence remains. A house once loud with arrivals, departures, and borrowed pets settles back into quiet, proof that holiday traffic never really goes away when home is still the place everyone returns to. Continue reading
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What He Wasn’t Supposed to See (Christmas Edition)
Some gifts are returned. Some are forgotten. And some linger quietly, waiting for the wrong moment to be discovered. A Christmas story about a gift card, a wallet, and the day my son learned something he can never unsee. Continue reading
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The Christmas Eve secret we never told
A late-night accident, a kitchen full of lobster tails, and a promise to keep quiet became one of my favorite Christmas memories. This story kicks off 15 Days of Christmas at The Creative Quill. An invitation to slow down, laugh, and remember the imperfect moments that turn the holidays into something lasting. Continue reading
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