Happy New Year! Hello everyone! I feel I'm expected to deliver this typical sentiment, but I find myself a little grumpy. What do you...

I’ve been on an amazing journey since I left the "normal," full-time workforce. I had sacrificed enough and worked hard enough that I...

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Ever since the pandemic, many services moved online, and many have stayed that way. I would like to make the case for face-to-face...

by Elaine Bellenoit DURING FEBRUARY, THE MONTH OF LOVE, DON'T FORGET YOURSELF! Our culture has taught us that to be a good person, we...

by Elaine Bellenoit The words we use matter. Whether we define them or not and how we define them matters. But we tend to use words or...

Fairies and other mythical beings are often misunderstood. The term “airy-fairy” is used as a synonym for “woo woo,” meaning something...

By Erin Oliva and Debbee Radcliff “I just can’t say no…” “Well, I just feel so guilty…” “I don’t want to be looked at as mean…” How many...

As a mother, I have had to reconcile how I thought being a mother would be with the reality of “real life.” Are there things that I wish...

"I'm going to stop punishing my children by saying, "Never mind! I'll do it myself." (Erma Bombeck n.d.) Erma Bombeck was always the most...