All About Me
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I Have Not Died, I Have Just Been Doing Things
A personal update about returning to college, working full-time, caring for the people I love,… Read more.
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Atlanta Is in the Plan: Nathalie O’Hara and Other Small Catastrophes
Grief made us pack boxes. School made me question my intelligence. Work summoned HR. Atlanta… Read more.
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The Bell, the Paper, and the Ghost
Four days in a chemotherapy unit’s paper records room taught me more than filing charts.… Read more.
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The Petra Files: The Woman Who Graded Freud’s Homework
Four sessions later, I still have no idea what Dr. Petra is writing in that… Read more.
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The Petra Files: The Woman Who Graded Freud’s Homework
Starting therapy sounded simple until I met Dr. Petra, survived the waiting room, became suspicious… Read more.
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Forty-ish & Formidable: The Art of Caring Selectively
I used to think turning forty meant giving up. Turns out it meant giving fewer… Read more.
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Job Hunting: The Never-Ending Story
Countless applications. Endless interviews. Still showing up anyway. A personal essay on the chaos, humor,… Read more.
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The Ceiling Was Never the Whole Building
Nobody warns you that going back to school at this age feels less like a… Read more.
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Hortence Declined My Friendship
I tried to make a new friend in a parking lot. She had pearls, a… Read more.
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Emptiness: Season Two
Same girl, same emptiness, upgraded sarcasm. A dark, funny, painfully honest look at what happens… Read more.
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New Job, New Rules: What Nobody Tells You About Starting Over
My first day in Health Information was exactly what you expect. I got my cubicle,… Read more.
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Bonfires, Mosquitos, and the Irony of Being a Tourist Who Hates Tourists
We planned s’mores. The store had no marshmallows. I became the only mosquito buffet at… Read more.
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Crab Island, One Brave Dog, One Smart Dog, and a Nap That Erased Sunday Morning
The Gulf Coast welcomed me by pouring salt water into every scrape I had forgotten… Read more.
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Destin, Dogs, and a Very Public Loss of Dignity
I had a very clear agreement with my couch. Joe had not been informed. Ten… Read more.
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Why This Blog Makes Zero Sense (And I Refuse to Fix It)
Two tabs open at all times: one for my dogs’ nonsense, one for fictional corporate… Read more.
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From the Requesting Side to the Releasing Side: The Shadowing
My calendar was a vast empty field with nothing in it but ambition, three unfinished… Read more.
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From the Requesting Side to the Releasing Side: A Records Specialist’s Identity Crisis
For two years I was the woman on the other end of your fax machine.… Read more.
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Destin, Florida: A Weekend I Was Not Ready For
I flew to Destin to support my brother through the hardest week of his life.… Read more.
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In Memory of a Beloved Best Friend
This is not a sad story. It is the story of Manchas, a Dalmatian who… Read more.
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What in the Seven Heavens, Bogotá!
August 2025, the day a routine Bogotá layover turned into a Colombian hostage situation, a… Read more.
