Leave the Goals Behind: Why I’m Taking a Rest This Year
The new year is here: Cue the articles on goals, resolutions, time management, and making this year the one to get it all together. Or…
read moreThe new year is here: Cue the articles on goals, resolutions, time management, and making this year the one to get it all together. Or…
read moreAs a child, I always had New Year’s Eve plans. My parents would go out, and my brother and I stayed overnight with my aunt.…
read moreFor many years, I was the life of the party on New Year’s Eve. It was one of my favorite holidays and usually involved champagne,…
read moreIf someone were to tell my 15-year-old devout Catholic self that I would one day marry a Jewish guy, I would have balked. But, here…
read moreI’m a natural homebody. My ideal winter afternoon is spent holed up in my house with a good book and roaring fire, watching the snow…
read more“I’ll be home for Christmas…You can plan on me…Please have snow and mistletoe, and presents by the tree…” The words get me almost every time…
read moreI can still feel the butterflies I got as a little girl walking up to the giant Christmas tree inside of the Seattle Center. It…
read moreI’ve been in a weird spot with my faith lately. There’s so much negativity going on in the world — people displaced from their homes,…
read moreTalk to just about anyone when December comes rolling around and they’ll tell you they’re incredibly busy, swamped, even teetering at their max capacity. The…
read moreAfter a year of living in our new apartment, my husband and I came to the unfortunate realization that we didn’t know a single person…
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