This week I did something that scared me. I sat down at my desk and put together a set of legal interrogatories for an upcoming contempt case. By myself. No attorney. Just me, my documents, and AI walking alongside me every step of the way. I stopped having legal representation a while back. The cost made that decision for me. And for a long time, I wasn't sure what that meant for my case. Whether I could really do this without someone in my corner who knew what they were doing. I've been...
11 days ago • 2 min read
Jaycee at Home Depot. Same as everywhere. Hi friend, Jaycee doesn't calculate. She sees someone new and she goes. Jaycee does this everywhere she goes. The neighborhood. Home Depot. Strangers she's never met. Last week our neighborhood got some new neighbors. Before I could even think about what to say or when to introduce myself, Jaycee had already made her move. She ran over, rolled onto her side, and made those little squealing sounds she makes when she's so happy she can't contain it. And...
18 days ago • 1 min read
It's Sunday evening. Glad you're here. I want to tell you something I haven't shared publicly yet. A couple of months ago I had an idea. I wanted to create a space where women could actually sit down and use AI — not watch someone else use it, not read about it — but try it themselves, with someone walking right alongside them. Last week I finally did it. And the night before, I was nervous. Not the butterflies kind. The what if I'm not ready kind. The what if the technology doesn't cooperate...
25 days ago • 1 min read
Hi friend, I got a new haircut on Saturday. Sassy. Deliberate. Completely unrelated to anyone else's opinion. New hair. New week. Still standing. I didn't plan for it to feel significant. But somewhere between the salon chair and the drive home, I realized it was part of something bigger that happened this week. Because yesterday I also did something I've been waiting two years to do. Not waiting because I was afraid.Not waiting because I didn't know what needed to happen.Waiting because the...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Home now. Jaycee supervising, of course. A couple of years ago when I came back to Georgia after leaving Vermont, I was barely getting by. Emotionally. Financially. In almost every way. This little place where Jaycee and I live now looked very different back then — light walls, a white door that blended in, and sunflowers trying their best to add some personality. The same place… just a different season. The walls were pale.The door blended in.The sunflowers were trying their best. Which, if...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
I want you to watch this That’s Jaycee. When she sees the ball, nothing else exists. She doesn’t hesitate.She doesn’t overthink.She doesn’t wonder if she looks ridiculous. She runs. Full speed.Ears flying.Completely alive. And I realized something watching her this week. Somewhere along the way, many of us stopped running toward things. We started calculating.Waiting to feel ready.Qualified.Certain. Jaycee never asks if she’s qualified to chase the ball. She sees it.She goes. And here’s the...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Stop the Bad Talking This week, I almost negotiated against myself. I’m in a season where multiple areas of my life are still unsettled. Legal. Financial. Housing. Things are moving — just not quickly. There was disappointment. Not dramatic. Not loud. Just real. And my instinct wasn’t to lash out or panic. It was to withdraw. Internally, I started bargaining: If this isn’t moving… what’s the point of staying disciplined?What’s the point of eating well?What’s the point of working out?What’s...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Sometimes it doesn’t take much. A photo of someone traveling. A post about retirement. A woman who looks settled and unburdened. And there it is. That could have been me. The next thought follows quickly: I should have known. And before I realize it, I’m replaying it again. Looking for the exact moment. The fork in the road. The sentence I missed. The red flag I should have caught. The decision that would have gotten me out sooner. As if somewhere in the footage there is a clean exit sign I...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Dear friends, This week, I caught myself slipping into an old pattern. A friend hadn’t responded, and the first thought that came up was familiar: they’re upset with me. For a long time, that’s how I interpreted silence. If someone went quiet, I assumed they didn’t want to be around me anymore. That belief sent me chasing reassurance — especially in romantic relationships — trying to close a gap that often wasn’t real. What stopped me this time was a quiet recognition: this feels familiar....
2 months ago • 1 min read