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I just came off working the corporate show I write every summer. It’s a project that takes all of my resources for the month of July, including being onsite for the week of the event. Though it means long days where emotions sometimes run high, it’s…

In 2016, I made it a goal to do more fun things for myself, unrelated to work or responsibility. That’s when I started going back to gymnastics, and reclaimed the joy of doing cartwheels on the beam and back flips on the floor. I wrote about it for…

I’m normally not a scaredy-cat, but a few Saturday nights ago, I found myself terrified. I was staying alone in a big, dark house full of creaky noises. When a storm came up around midnight and started spanking the trees around outside my window, I…

The other day, I got an invitation in the mail addressed to “Mr. and Mrs. [my husband’s full name],” and I had a full-on rant. My husband was walking into the kitchen as I started yelling. “This isn’t even my last name! Even if I had changed my…

I got a pedicure the other day at my regular pedicure place (Deluxe Nail Salon & Spa, if you’re curious: they are THE BEST in Cincinnati). Anyway, I get a different nail technician each time I go, because I always just drop in. This time, as…