Category: Confessions of a 30 Something

Plant-based diet. It’s a phrase I never recall hearing growing up, but now seems to be everywhere. I’m assuming it was poll tested by some word gurus at one point and seemed to resonate with people better than the word “vegan” or “vegetarian”. Whatever the case may be, the stigma around being vegan, or at… Continue reading Part-Time Vegan

One of my favorite bands, Green Day, has a famous song that says, “Wake me up when September Ends.” Over the years, it has become sort of a metaphor for wishing a difficult time period would come to a close. I’m sure many of us have been saying, “Wake me up when 2020 ends.” Well,… Continue reading Awakenings

Well, my friends, we’ve reached the end of another year, and what a year it has been. As I was writing this, I went back to photos I had taken in the first couple months of 2020. It seems like another world and a lifetime ago. There are images of so many things we took… Continue reading The Lost (or Found) Year

As I write this, my favorite NBA team since childhood, the Los Angeles Lakers, have just won their record-tying 17th world championship. It was the culmination of what we will know as literally, and figuratively, the longest NBA season in history. It lasted over a calendar year, and dealt with COVID-19, racial unrest in our… Continue reading Welcome Back, Sports

“Hey honey. October is a women’s issue, so you should write my column, you know, about being a woman.” Being female doesn’t mean I represent all women, Lee! But my cynicism does have me thinking, I may not represent all women, but I am a representation of all the women who have molded, influenced, and… Continue reading Inheritance

“Kids are like a mirror, what they see and hear they do. Be a good reflection for them.” -Kevin Heath That quote is a constant struggle for me. If you’ve followed this column over the past year, you know that I love doing a lot of things with my kids, Kingston and Ava. I’m certainly… Continue reading A Good Reflection in the Mirror