There was a point in my life where we moved a lot. This meant new states, unfamiliar businesses and unique opportunities. In a new environment, some basics need to be figured out pretty fast: where to get groceries and gasoline, the nearest grocery to get supplies and the most direct path to work. In my…
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Satisfy Small Curiosities
The people around us cannot see into the future. If they could, I would have been accepted into every college prep English class I signed up for in high school.
Changing Up
Embracing change encourages growth and resilience.
Powering Through
One summer, my husband I bought a Kayak. I’d done a lot of research and found an inflatable one with excellent reviews that fit our budget and space constraints. We had both canoed before, and Jack had once owned a sailboat. A kayak is a little different, and an inflatable differs from a hard body….
True North
What happens when the beliefs we’ve carried around our whole lives turn out to be untrue?
A Life of Choice
The baseball game blared from a portable television and everything in my apartment reeked of cigarette smoke: courtesy of a roommate for whom I didn’t harbor good feelings. I woke up one day to an iteration of my life that wasn’t pretty. Not much food in the pantry, all of my socks had holes in them,…
Juli Ocean 