I’ve always prided myself on being a safe driver. The only time I’d gotten into a car accident was when I had my learner’s permit. I backed Nana’s Grand Marquee into something in her garage and busted out one of the taillights. With some elbow grease and a few hours on a Saturday afternoon, it was as good as new. No one was more surprised than I when my 2002 Honda Civic, Florence, was sideswiped by an 18-wheeler on US-29 South in Danville, barely an hour into a five-hour road

Contrary to common experience, I haven’t wondered how to make friends as an adult woman. Friendships seem to fall into my lap. Making...

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of presenting on email marketing for authors at the Virginia Writers Club (VWC) Annual Symposium. Over...

I wanted to give up writing this week.  I’ve been incredibly busy at work. I’m the Senior Marketing Copywriter for an education company...

I moved to Central Virginia in August of 2015 for my freshman year of college. We took two cars—my 2002 Honda Civic named Florence and my...

My alma mater celebrated its commencement last weekend. It has been six years since I walked the stage and received my college diploma....

I grew up in a three-dog household. My dad trained Nelly, our first dog—a purebread yellow Labrador retriever. The other two, Nikki and...

I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m currently reading Midnight Sun  by Stephanie Meyer. It’s a retelling of the first book in the Twilight...

My mom always says I’m a great tour guide.  Whenever she and my dad come to visit me in Central Virginia, I always have an itinerary of...

Nelly I remember bringing home our first family dog, Nelly. She was an eight-week-old yellow lab puppy. My brother and I were so excited...

When was the last time you did something that scared you?  I’ll go first. Last weekend, I participated in an author festival at my local...

My therapist and I talk a lot about values, and there's a very important reason for this. It's not because I don't understand what they...

For the first five and a half years of our marriage, my husband worked rotating shifts, including six weeks of night shift every six...

I’ve always been tall. When I was a child, I was at least a head taller than every other kid in my class. Tucked away in my Wunderkammer...

Happy Holidays! Whatever occassion you celebrated, I hope you had a wonderful time filled with family and friends. I’ve tried over and...

C appuccino in hand, Suzanna stomped down the sidewalk, dreading the day ahead. She’d woken in a funk after suffering through bizarre...

To put it mildly, it has been an emotional week in the United States. Former President Donald J. Trump won the presidential election...

My husband and I have a little inside joke—at least, I think that’s the category it would fall into.  Whenever we have experiences that...

It has rained almost every day for the past two weeks.  The pasture across the street from my house has been shrouded in a thick layer of...

My best friend and I have been long distance for more than a decade.  When my family moved from the only town I’d ever known to a new...