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Dear Child of Mine, In a world that is uncertain due to tragic events, the pandemic or life choices, hold fast to these truths ...

A few years ago, I took my youngest son and his friend to Laser Quest. It’s the best laser tag place I know, full of two-story mazes ...

This back-to-school season is like none other. Given the pandemic, states and districts are choosing a variety of learning paths ...

With a late autism diagnosis, I am learning to better identify my sensory landscape, and to understand how social interactions work ...

Look at the way the sunshine hits the edge of this plant. It shines and illuminates, making the leaf a brighter shade of green ...

I spent a grand total of three years of my first thirteen in hospital due to my Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. This meant multiple ...

I quite like having no social commitments. Sounds really terrible, doesn’t it? But, however much I look forward to seeing my friends ...

On May 3, 2020, another severe storm hit my hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. This time it hit my neighborhood and my car. My friends ...

I have been spending some time quarreling with myself about body image and feeling good about the body I am fortunate to inhabit. Ever since

Why is the sun associated with positive feelings as we gaze into its magnificence? What makes it beautiful? It’s a natural occurrence ...

I still can’t believe this is happening. It’s like we’re living out a Netflix series. I’ve shared a bit about my personal struggles with ...

When I was twelve, I walked into the garage and found my mother slumped over in the driver’s seat of her car, the engine running and the ...

I just had a full blown pandemic panic attack. I haven’t had one in years. A general panic attack I mean—pandemic specific panic attacks ...

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I often hear other Generation Xers say things like, “I feel like a twenty year old in a forty-five year old body.” Or, “I feel like a kid...

If you ask most people what they find beautiful about a person, many of them will probably begin to describe someone’s physical ...