Carolina Beach, North Carolina has been a place of healing for me since I was 16 years old. That’s how old I was the first time my family went there for a vacation. It was about seven months after my brother died. My parents were hoping that getting away would help us all. It did. […]
North Carolina
Because it’s Sunday, dammit.
A couple weeks ago I declared that this upcoming school year was going to be the Year of No. A couple years ago I declared that I was going to stop working on Sundays and make sure I spent time recharging and connecting with my family. That Sunday thing kind of fell by the wayside. […]
10 Road Trip Hacks For Traveling With Kids
Last week I took a solo road trip with five of the kids to Hershey, Pennsylvania, and I’m getting ready to embark on another one to North Carolina. The trip to Hershey was only 235 miles. The trip to North Carolina is three times as long. Just under 700 miles . If we didn’t ever […]
And that’s exactly how I want him to think of me.
The last three or four times I was on vacation, I was pregnant, so I didn’t really care what I weighed or how imperfect my body was while I was at the beach in a bathing suit. But now I’m not pregnant, and I’m heavier than I’d like to be. Twenty years ago, I would […]