Category: 2024 Blog Posts

I am great at terrifying my husband, Nik. Well, not great, but not bad considering I don’t usually intend to. Except for that time when Zoe and I painted a fake snake and hid it in the garage under his toolbox – that was hysterical. And on purpose. But I unintentionally scared him several weeks ago. You see,…

I grew up with a Hispanic last name. My dad is Mexican and my mom is Italian-German. My dad endearingly coined the term “wopxicans” to refer to me and my sisters. He speaks Spanish fluently and my mom said she knew enough to get into trouble and just enough to get out of trouble. They…

Have you ever had those horrible – sometimes recurring – dreams where you feel stuck? I have three very specific ones that have happened enough times to where I feel comfortable saying I hate them. The first one is that I’m running, usually along a dirt road, but I keep falling down. Each time I…