Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others. Brene Brown Recently, I received a message from a someone that …. PISSED me off HURT my feelings Made me feel GUILTY Stirred up RESENTMENT My emotions swirled in that muck all evening. I showed my husband […]

The first time was in eighth grade. The little bottles were arranged like soldiers. There were fourteen bottles -- one for every year of my life. I didn’t make that connection then but looking back that seems poetic or foreshadowing. The little red one I remember the most. It was the exact size and shape […]

I have purple hair. My husband wears a three-piece suit. We have a dragon for a pet. Our dragon – let’s call her Dammit – loves Oreos and has discovered coffee is quite tasty if it costs $5. Dammit rests on the precipice between an unruly toddler and an insufferable teenager. Give her the Oreos, […]