Anything, but Ordinary

Recently, I received a message on Facebook asking if I was interested in a 20 th high school reunion. It came out of nowhere from a person who I haven’t seen since high school and haven’t talked to since elementary school. I didn’t respond and deleted the message; I also denied his friend request. We never hung out during class or outside of school. We knew the same people since but didn’t run in the same circle. I never thought of him as a friend. The reason I didn’t respon

In June of 2001, Andrea Yates was left alone with her 5 children, something that her husband, Rusty and the people in her life were advised not to do. Due to her history of struggling with her mental health, her doctor instructed that she was to be supervised at all times. Within the hour of Rusty leaving for work and before her mother in law was due to show up, Andrea drowned her 5 children. Her youngest daughter, Mary, was just a few months old. Andrea took Paul, Luke and J

The show is about mother and daughter Bonnie and Christy who are on their journey to sobriety. Both women have similar experiences when it comes to addiction. Bonnie grew up in foster care whereas Christy spent a lot of her childhood caring for her mother thru her addiction and not knowing where she was a lot of the time which eventually led her to her own addiction. The cycle continues when Christy has kids of her own and they experience their own childhood of addiction. Thr

I hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday season. Wishing you all good things in 2026.

If you have any book suggestions, please let me know. I'm interested in finding a new book or book series.

What is the one Christmas movie you can watch over and over again?

Being sad around the holidays is common. The weather is dark and grey. The days are shorter and you don’t get out of the house as much as you would if the weather was warm and sunny. It’s okay to feel stuck or in a funk. Everyone goes through it. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that's related to changes in seasons — SAD begins and ends at about the same times every year. If you're like most people with SAD, your symptoms start in the fall and continu

Dealing with family during the holidays is stressful. There are family members that you don’t want to deal with because of things they’ve said and done in the past so it’s understandable that you don’t want to be around them during the holidays, but how do you say no to those family members when they want to see you and want to visit on Christmas. You feel guilty for saying no, but you know that you have to protect your mental health. They will probably use “Its Christmas, it

Social anxiety is hard at any time of the year, but the holidays make it worse since there is a lot going on. Some people thrive on being busy and doing a million things at once, but there are other people who tend to freeze when it comes to just stepping into a store on Christmas eve. Christmas is crazy and intense and if you are someone who struggles with anxiety, it can seem like the holidays will never end. You have to try and make the best of it and know that it’s going

Everyone has the same idea to go away for the holidays, especially if you live in a cold climate and want to go somewhere that’s warm. As much as we would love to be able to pack up and go somewhere where we can spend all day on the beach, there’s things to consider. I don’t want to discourage you from planning a trip, if that’s really what you want to do, but you have to think about not only where you want to go, but the financial part of it. You have to think about how many