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Carpe Diem Y'all
Carpe Diem Y'all 
My name is Michele and I am a calendar-aholic.
Anyone else out there love the process of coloring and doodling, I mean, planning and plotting as much as I do? It’s my favorite part of January...
True story - sometimes, Santa likes to mix it up. It’s a little something he likes to do so we true believers will have great stories to tell, even, say, forty years later.
The year was 1972...
Today I begin my holiday cooking. I shake in my boots as I confess this. I might be the only southern woman ever born without the cooking gene. Nevertheless, this is the time of year, I grab my...
I wrote the following words on December 13, 2007 during my oldest son’s deployment to Iraq. Since that fateful holiday season, I’ve been acutely aware of all who find themselves caught in a state...
How do you prepare for the Christmas season? For me, it starts with a simple green wreath. I put it on a table, in a place of prominence (read: where I can see it), and I look at it for a few...
“The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other...
"His name was David. He was the boy next door. He loved me. He loved me as much as any 8th grade boy knows how to love. He loved me from an up close distance, and, he never let me know it. Had...
I’m the last person on this big, blue planet to wish time away, especially in a column touting the importance of seizing the day. But geez, this week can’t move fast enough. Tick Tock People. ...
"The scariest moment is always just before you start." an excerpt from Stephen King's On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
November is National Novel Writing Month, also known as, NaNoWriMo, amongst...
We’ve all heard it said that laughter is the best medicine. Turns out, it’s true. Having a sense of humor in the face of a serious life challenge, such as being diagnosed with, living with and...
