The latest from my newsletter on Substack.
Graduation(s). I’m not ok.
This weekend, both of my babies are graduating from high school! I’ll admit I’ve spent the past year in denial. Raising five kids will do that to you, especially when they start leaving. We aren’t empty nesters yet, not by a long shot, but my husband and I have noticed it is beginning to feel…
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Choose Your Shadow Carefully
The herald sounded out from the bridge just after dawn. I knew, immediately, what it was. The geese call out every day, their loud honk penetrating many silent mornings, but this was different. It was…joyous and, maybe, a warning to any would-be predator. A couple of hours later, I stepped outside and my hunch was…
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Algorithms
What makes you nervous? They are out to defeat me. I can’t keep up and refuse to waste my time chasing a dangling carrot!
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Love at First Lick
“Are you serious?” I held my phone aloft, peering at the photo on the screen. I was at a stop light on my way home from running errands, anticipating the welcome from our brood of pups…three little monsters of various sizes and levels of energy who belong to us plus one overgrown, energetic boy belonging…
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Welcome Back. You might notice a few changes.
During Lent of 2026 I began reimagining my writing spaces. What is my “why” and who am I writing for? What do I really want to say as opposed to what I think I am supposed to say? I’ve been writing like crazy for my college classes and the freedom I have felt in that…
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