Five of the Best Apples for Baking This Fall Fall is officially here, and that means one thing in my kitchen: it is apple season. I will be honest with you. If I walked into a grocery store and needed apples for a recipe, my instinct would be to pick the prettiest ones and…
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Travel-A Sweet Surprise Stop: The Bush’s Baked Beans Museum in Dandridge, Tennessee
A Sweet Surprise Stop: The Bush’s Baked Beans Museum in Dandridge, Tennessee Some of my earliest and happiest food memories involve a can of Bush’s Baked Beans. As a kid, baked beans with hot dogs was a regular weeknight dinner in our house, simple, satisfying, and always delicious. As a teenager, my go-to snack was…
One Inspirational Quote by Mark Twain That Is Worth Living By
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” Mark Twain Mark Twain had a gift for saying in one sentence what most of us need a whole conversation to figure out. And this one is no exception. It sounds almost too simple to be true, but if you…
Tell Your Story Through Journaling Your Old Neighborhood – The Place Where Childhood Lived
Tell Your Story Through Journaling Your Old Neighborhood – The Place Where Childhood Lived A journal series for women who are ready to tell their story. Close your eyes for just a moment. Think back to the place where childhood actually happened. Not a vacation or a special occasion. The everyday place. The streets, the…
Monthly Motivation-Disconnected, But Never Alone
Disconnected, But Never Alone There is a photo I love of two gorillas sitting side by side, their backs to the camera, as though they are quietly looking out at the world together. A mother and her baby. Just the two of them, present with each other, needing nothing else in that moment. Underneath it…
Tell Your Story Through Journaling: Your First Kiss – A Memory You Never Left Behind
Tell Your Story Through Journaling – Let’s Talk About Your First Kiss A journal series for women who are ready to tell their story. There are moments in life the brain simply refuses to let go of. A first kiss is one of them. Science has a lot to say about why. When two people…
Navigating Healthcare After Divorce: What I Wish I Had Known-Intro to my E-Book
After nearly 40 years of marriage, my ex left without warning. And in the middle of everything that followed, the grief, the logistics, the complete restructuring of my entire life, I had to figure out something I had never had to think about before. Healthcare. For nearly four decades I had been covered under my…
A Series on “Joy”: Discovering the Meaning of Joy
Joy. It’s one of those words we throw around like it’s simple, but anyone who’s been through tough times knows it’s anything but. What exactly is joy? Is it a fleeting smile, a deep calm, or maybe those rare moments that make your heart feel full despite everything else? The truth is, joy isn’t a one-size-fits-all kind…