get what you want

The alarm sounds at 4am, so we can begin the two-day road trip to our annual beach vacation...

The Unhiding of Elijah Campbell

This excerpt taken from The Unhiding of Elijah Campbell: A Novel by Kelly Flanagan. Copyright (c) 2022 by...

loveable

It’s May and endings are everywhere. Aidan is graduating from high school. Quinn is graduating from eighth grade,...

breakthrough

The house is quiet for the first time in eighteen months. Minutes earlier, all three of my kids...

conversation with your life purpose

I told you about my phrase for 2022, but I didn’t tell you about my word for our...

new year's resolution

Resolution. The word is just so…oppressive. Instead, last year, I chose a focusing phrase for the year: “open-hearted...

liminal space

I’m sitting on a beach chair in the summer of 2021, watching my 18-year-old son play in the...

true self

Ten years ago, I discovered myself to be a creative. A writer. A blogger. A new voice in...

self-awareness

The car almost blindsides me. I’m exiting the interstate on the way to my office, having just passed...

social media

We’re in trouble. I’m not referring to the global pandemic, nor the prospect of new lockdowns in our...