Five Minute Friday: Friend

Five Minute Friday: Friend

There are women who hold my heart. Because they hold it tenderly. They hold it like a treasure. They hold it with lots of trust wrapped up like so much fine, pink tissue paper. Today we are all telling our stories about what it feels like to trust a friend. And not...
The safe place that every woman needs

The safe place that every woman needs

This is for the hurt women. The wish-they-had-sisters women. The why-wasn’t-I-invited women. This is for the girlfriends and heart friends and long distance friends and miss-my-friends friends. This is for the women who love long afternoons catching up and slow...
Your un-fine stories are welcome here

Your un-fine stories are welcome here

We had a very challenging year with one of my kids last year. And by “challenging” I mean that I spent many parts of last year wanting to quit. And crying. And trying really, really hard to remember that I was the parent and that it wasn’t OK to...