Dear Cadence, Over seven years ago, I was moving into my dorm room when your mama walked into my room with a tray holding a bowl of chicken noodle soup, some crackers and a flower.  She said “I’m Christan, your new suitemate.”  I didn’t know it that day, but she would end up being one [...]

I’ve been working a recording project for awhile and let me just stop right there and clarify that it is a “voice-over” project NOT a singing project.  Because I cannot sing.  Well, actually I can sing, but no one except God would find it to be a joyful noise. Anyway, it’s almost finished and I [...]

The best part about being the last person in your friends group to marry is that you get to be Honorary Aunt Amy Beth to their kidlets.  One of my first college roommates, Christan, has a daughter who is turning three tomorrow, so you better believe that Honorary Aunt Amy Beth is hitting the road [...]

About a week ago I gave you a little teaser about Cousin Cate and I going on a BIG adventure together and, since today marks one month from our departure date, we figured it was a good time to break the big news. And, of course, we’re doing it via video because we know how [...]

With Katie’s wedding 1.5 weeks away, all the details have to come together pretty quickly.  We talked by phone yesterday, covering at least 62 topics some of which included: what earrings I should wear with my bridesmaid dress, her brilliant plan to switch out of her heels and into slippers for the reception and, perhaps [...]

I was sitting on my bed sewing (and by “sewing” I mean I’m still working on figuring out how to thread a needle) when I suddenly thought “Why have I never put a puppy in a dresser drawer before?”  I have no idea why I had that particular thought, but it seemed like a pretty [...]

There’s a lot of aspects of dating relationships – having someone to go do fun things with, delightfully classified as “date night.” love, or at least like, in written format, whether it be letters, emails or even just text messages. and, of course, getting to hold someone’s hand, being given the gift of touch. – [...]

On Friday evening, when I was still sitting at my desk at 5:26 p.m., I made a promise to myself to actually enjoy my weekend as far away from work as possible. This is kind of unusual because, due to the nature of Starlite, weekends are typically very much “on-call” for me but, for this [...]