One of my very best friends from college, the lovely Cara Maggie (pictured above when I made her pretend to be a model for me), happened to come through Cleveland very quickly this weekend so we decided to get together for breakfast at our favorite restaurant (one guess) and then head to church together before [...]

One of the things that I didn’t get to tell you about during my little bloggy break (and let’s never do that again, please?) is that I took our entire leadership team plus some of the graduated girls from the team (to act as chaperones, if you will) on a weekend retreat. I took 30 [...]

One of the things that may or may not have been mentioned before on this blog is my inability to cook. Sure, I can make cereal and the occasional bag of microwaved popcorn. But real cooking? Like, frozen pizzas and chicken nuggets? I just can’t seem to get it right. Ex-boyfriend didn’t really have a [...]

If the words “Trey” and “Cracker Barrel” mean nothing to you, then I suggest you read this first and then this to get caught up on my Starlite’s obsession with our long lost waiter who once mentioned how he thinks of me as “a flower whose petals cannot wilt.” You can only imagine my delight [...]

Okay, can we just get really, um, real for a minute? I mean, ugly real. Can you go there with me? I was talking to someone earlier that has been watching me walk through the events of the past few weeks (and if you think this is the only situation going on, you have no [...]

I’ve got 13 drafts now, all of them with a few weak lines written before I’ve simply given up and pressed “save.” Each time I sit down to write a new one, I tell myself the same line: “You will finish this one. You will write.” And each time I give up, mainly because it’s [...]

Checking in just to let you know that I’m still alive. Barely, yes, but I’m still kickin’. Seriously? When it rains, it pours. So excuse me while I continue swimming against the tide. P.S. – I feel your prayers.

Well, your new 24 year old is here to say a quick hello and thank you for your oh so fabulous birthday wishes. You all are just so sweet. I wanted to let you know that I’m going to take a little break for awhile, I think. I just don’t have a lot to say [...]

All of us in Starlite are happy to wish Amy Beth a very special Happy Birthday today as she turns 24 on this sunny Wednesday! Our sweet birthday girl is actually home sick today! She started feeling bad around 10 a.m. yesterday and ended up having to go to to the doctor who ordered bed [...]

“In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.” – Mignon McLaughlin I’ve been staring at a blank screen for far too long now, wondering what to write. I’ve got so much to say but no way to get it out there, to make it sound right. I [...]