With today’s snow day blanketing much of the country in quiet and cold, it feels like the perfect time to slow down and savor a cozy reprise of A Little Bit of Happy . And if you’d like to extend that hygge* feeling later this week, grab your hot chocolate (or beverage of choice) and join me for the inaugural Decide Happy Hour . Wednesday, January 28th, 2026 at 7 PM EST. ☕️ Click here to RSVP and get the link. ❄️ *Hygge: (HOO-gah) The Danish philosophy of comfort, together

It had seemed like a good idea. “Come on a hike with us,” my new friends invited. “It’s just a thousand steps through the mountains.”...

Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles. It empties today of its strength. -Corrie Ten Boom My father was recently diagnosed with end-stage abdominal cancer. But that’s not what this blog is about. There are a few things you should know about my dad. At 84, he moved 1000 miles away after my mom died, to start a new chapter of his life in the Florida sunshine. An Army veteran, paraplegic, and living on his own, 6 states and 1 district away from family and lifelong fr