5 Ways to Write About, Remember & Honor Hard Memories

Life wouldn’t be life without a few hard memories to shake you up. How we choose to remember those moments makes up the rest of our lives. I’ve been choosing to share stories, write, and explore the emotions I feel around certain experiences. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found that each new milestone brings a…

Create the Best Family Project Ever and Stay Together

No this isn’t science fiction. You can create the best family project ever and still have dinner together. I’ll give you the secret right now. Here it is… Set expectations before you ever start. That’s it. That’s the secret sauce that makes or breaks successful projects. It doesn’t matter how big or small. Setting expectations…

4 Resources for When Death Happens

when death happens [image: funeral flowers on coffin with candles in the background]

Last month was one of those emotional roller coasters that included the death of a loved one and all of the things that come with that. No one could have predicted the circumstances we are in this year. One thing remains the same, when death happens, families come together, one way or another. If you…

Who’s in the room, Listening, and Telling stories

quill pen writing on paper - listening and telling stories

Telling stories and listening. When you take away everything else, that is what we are doing in our lives. Our moments are made up of telling our stories and listening to the stories of the people around us. The listening component isn’t always equal with the telling of our own stories. We don’t have to…

3 Family Traditions and How to Write About Them

Ah, family traditions. Those activities we do with the people we love, over and over again. Even when we tire of the activity and desperately want to do something else. This post isn’t about one of those kinds of traditions. For the next few moments, I’m going to regale you with one of my favorite…