An Introvert’s Guide To A Girl Tribe!

We introverts have it tough. We’re a hot mess of craving solitude mixed with an innate desire to fit in. It can be exhausting! Why can’t we just be one or the other? For those who don’t understand introverts, here is a guide to me. According to my BFF, ChatGPT, I am these things: Deep Thinker, Read More

“2-4-6-8, Who Do You Appreciate?”

Appreciate can be defined different ways; “recognize the full worth,” “to be aware of something, or to understand that something is valuable,” or “to be grateful for something.”  The definition ought to be expanded to include that one may also appreciate not just something, but someone.  Appreciating beauty and value in things seems easy, but Read More

Sometimes the Hardest Thing and the Right Thing are the Same

The Fray has a song entitled, ”All at Once”. The song is about a lost relationship, but there is a stanza, “Sometimes the Hardest Thing & the Right Thing are the Same” that often plays on my mental jukebox when I am struggling with a difficult decision. These past few weeks the verse has been Read More

“Crowd Funding on the Oregon Trail”

Oxford dictionary defines crowdfunding as, “the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet.” Crowdfunding has been around since the 1700’s, however the modern day version of crowdfunding surfaced in 1997 when the British rock band Marillion funded their Read More