In the tarot deck, often depicted as being struck by lightning or aflame, the Tower is representative of a major disruption. I do not know what that change is at the time, but I feel something is shifting. I am dreaming grand dreams and having big fears about what is…

Like countless Americans, I have been making the typical New Year’s Resolution for decades: this is the year I lose weight. Sometimes I do lose weight, but it inevitably always comes back.  My cycle of constant dieting and weight rebound is a sign of my disordered eating and difficult relationship…

For most of my adult life, I have had the privilege of living in a home owned by my family.  I am in a new state, and for the first time since I was twenty-four years old, my family is renting.  I know lots of people rent, and there is…

I have been struggling to control my anxiety and stress in this trying season of my life.  I have found myself as the sole earner in our household, helper my husband, and mothering a nearly two-year old.  All while trying to learn a new job and build a support system…

Life has thrown us some major curveballs over the course of the last several months. Our move to the beautiful West Virginia fell through. The result of which was pulling out of a home purchase just weeks before closing and letting my new employer know I would not be arriving…

Our time in Oklahoma is coming to an end. In exchange for the wide open plains and prairies of the Heartland, we are headed to the heart of Appalachia, West Virginia. Sometime I feel like the modern Laura Ingalls-Wilder, bouncing around, trying to find a place to settle. This will…