I’m really good with names. It’s something I pride myself on, and it probably began during my Boys & Girls Club days. When you have 300 middle schoolers on any given day running around after school, and are partially responsible for their well-being and safety, it matters.  Because I’m really good with names, my honest … Continue reading Where Everybody Knows Your Name

The foreshadowing of this little pig is absolutely mindblowing to me. Be it coincidence or cosmos, happenstance or hyperbole - I really don’t care. Because I know what it is.  https://www.instagram.com/p/DLXAvbnuHkj/ Isn't it just so pretty to think All along there was some invisible string Tying you to me Taylor Swift. "Invisible String" Humor me.  In … Continue reading Nothing’s Impossible – Christmas 2006

I love Dax Shepherd. LOVE. I love him for several reasons - he’s rugged, funny, manly, drives a gigantic bus, rides dirt bikes, love cars, Michigander (I truly have not met someone from Michigan I didn’t like), he’s married to one of the greatest human beings on the planet, loves his daughters so much, successful, … Continue reading Sober Men and What Wo(me)n Want

On June 12 at 3:45 a.m., I was absolutely lit on fire.  Truly, there is no other explanation. I felt like I could have run a marathon (and I hate running). The passion and excitement are still pulsing through my body. Using buzzwords and phrases like “lit on fire,” especially when it relates to the … Continue reading The Angelico Chapter

14 years ago, the beautiful duo Johnnyswim wrote a song called "Paris in June". Like literally ALL of their songs, it is poetic and romantic - stirring something within. Johnnyswim had never been to Paris in June. Without being there, they knew its magic, its charm, its sweetness. Without experiencing it in person, they believed … Continue reading Thrills me like Paris in June.