Dear 16-year-old self, Please recognize this phase is only temporary. The pimple you have on your nose that you think every kid at your high school sees from across the room will soon be gone. The friend who snubbed you in the hallway between fourth and fifth periods...

Dear daughter, When God made a nana, a woman rooted in faith, love, and tenderness was created. So pause, sweet girl, to embrace her love and take it all in. Pause, knowing a nana is unconditional love and endless kisses, filled with hope. A nana fulfills dreams and...

Dear teachers, I hear you. I offer you empathy. I validate you. You didn’t sign up for this. You never thought you would teach a screen filled with missing gaps or a student appearing every now and then as cameras pop on and off. You didn’t think you would have to...

Sometimes I think I pretend it’s not happening . . . but it is. My girls are growing up and to be quite honest, I don’t know where the time went. I swear I was just breastfeeding one and teaching another how to ride her bike without training wheels. Where did my...

This right here is love. What began as a simple handwritten note to a local nursing home with the phrase “you are loved” has turned into months of writing letters each week. In a time where Instagram and TikToks have taken over the lives of many teenagers, handwritten...

To my husband: So often you may feel lost while I go about my daily shuffle, but please know that I have not forgotten about you. The way you want to hug me in the kitchen, in the middle of chopping onions, does not go unnoticed. The way you reach for my hand as I...