
Storytelling, Advocacy, and Accountability
This year, I’ve been working with an accountability group that’s been such an amazing and beautiful force in my life. We’re all women, we all work from home, and we’re trying to move forward in our professional and personal lives, change our attitudes and perceptions, while we prioritize self-care and healthy lifestyles. It sounds like we’re taking on a lot and we are, but identifying goals as well as struggles, sharing them, and lending and receiving support has been an incr

As Good As It Gets
“This is as good as it gets,” a new friend said, running through the sprinkler with his kid over his shoulder. The boy was shrieking, laughing, the summer sun not yet wanting to set. I stood and watched as Little O followed, grinning, his shorts a nd tee soaked, his lips faded and shivering, but, like summer, refusing to leave. We were at a new friend’s home and this was the this, the as-good-as-it-gets moment, summer and sprinklers, bare feet and wet grass, watermelon drippi