I have a literary career. I went to school to become a writer, and I'm working as a writer. In addition to writing the collection, I...

Saturday was Tink's third birthday. It was a wonderful day full of not-so-healthy food, presents opened throughout the day, and lots of ...

I started out participating in a blog series called Embracing Self-Care, which was meant to get bloggers and readers to focus on taking care...

Note: This is part two of a series. Part one is here . When I was a practicing Christian, there was a direct correlation between my phys...

Tonight No Poetry Will Serve by Adrienne Rich Saw you walking barefoot taking a long look at the new moon's eyelid later spread ...

Early this week I watched a short film called The 53rd Hour . It's by a single dad who gets visitation with his kids every other weekend...

Listening to your body is a good first step toward embracing self-care. This is the first week of my participation in Embracing Self-Car...

This spring is going to be busy for me. There are appointments, birthdays, and trips, and this is in addition to a regular school and work...

My go-to is a great cup of coffee. How do you take care of yourself? Stacy over at A Delightful Home is doing a community blogging proje...

I read a blog post yesterday about accepting help . Farah's perspective is as a mother with an auto-immune disease (lupus) who has young...