Personal Growth

I knew it was only a matter of time before the question came up, though I had hoped it could wait a few more days. But there in my email inbox was the pixelated question I had been dreading: Have you ever been married or engaged before? I was enjoying …

We know how to climb ladders and go on adventures and set goals and change the world. We know how to move, but do we know how to stay?

Humans seem wired for the comparison game, and the tendency to evaluate our lives against the lives of those around us only seems to intensify the older we get. As I’ve lived through my 20s and now am closer to 30 than to 20, the tendency to compare my …

It’s that time again: end of summer. New jobs, back to school, just got married. It means people are moving. A lot of change going on. I love moving, starting new things and meeting new people. I moved for the first time when I was 2 years old; then I …

I had an exciting thing happen this week. I finalized my enrollment in Liberty University’s online master’s program in strategic communications. It’s been about a year in the making. It’s finally happening, and I couldn’t be more excited. I wrote a few …

Almost nine years ago, I bought a town home. I spent four happy years with two different roommates before I met and married my husband, Kevin. Then he moved in, and we spent our carefree newlywed days here. Next came a baby, and then another. And now — …

I felt 25 for a long time. I was confident I had most everything figured out, and the things I didn’t just yet, well, I had plenty of time. Thirty is when I would have everything squared away plus a cute mom haircut. And well, 30 is official — official …