Dear 2021, I hope that we can be friends. I was trying to come up with something clever to say about the past year, but hell, y’all, what is there to say that hasn’t been said. I didn’t learn a new language or become a guitar virtuoso. I baked not...
As we all have experienced, 2020 has been a rough year. The struggle has been very real. Forces have come from within and without to threaten our peace, our happiness and even our very lives. In seasons like these, it can be hard to find proper...
By about the 20th wrapped present I needed the reminder that sometimes joy is a thing we often have to step toward. The excitement I feel in the beginning of December always begins to get a little worn a few months in as I try to find parking, and...
Other than a couple of over-the-top Christmas celebrations when my dad was on a good hustle and thought that Care Bears and Nintendos would make everything better, we didn’t celebrate Christmas when I was growing up. It was a combination of religion...
In the month of December, folks all over America enjoy a season highlighted with family traditions. Whether celebrating Hanukkah, Christmas or any other Holiday festivities – most of these annual gatherings include a narrative of peace, love and...
I had a little idea the other day, and asked my girls what they thought. “What if we decorated the mailboxes?” I asked them. “No one will even know it was us.” By their scrunched up faces I could tell they didn’t understand why we would do such a...
My grandmother, sister and I were having a coffee the first time she saw my first tattoo. With pure horror shaking her single malt scotch voice she said, “Sosha, what in the hell is on your arm?” I told her, attempting to sound both nonchalant and...
The sun shines through my bedroom window blinds. For the three thousandth, three hundred and twenty second time in my sixty-one plus years on the planet . . . I opened my eyes. Another day has been gifted to me. First thought? “Awesome, I’m still...
I had been going strong for weeks. Decorating, and shopping, and generally making things happen the way that moms do. The push to make Christmas feel extra, well, EVERYTHING this year has been strong. Whereas we may have always done 6 strands of...