All We Really Need to Know We Can Learn From Incredible Women
An ode to the women I know and what I’ve learned by being in their beautiful orbits: 1. Women are exquisitely hardy souls. 2. An even number of…
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To the Mom Who’s Constantly Disappointed in Herself, Hear This: No One Has it All Together
Hey, sis. I see you. I know you probably need to hear that. I know it doesn’t feel like anyone does. But I do. I see your effort. All the ways you…
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Here’s to the Friends Who Make Us Strong
Behind every successful woman is a past. Most likely a difficult past she had to walk through and trudge through and claw through inch by inch and…
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To the Amazing Women in My Life
When someone gives you a compliment, accept it. Rather than letting it go in one ear and out the other—allow it to marinate. Everyone gets gas.…
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To My Best Friend, I Love You For Life
What is a “best friend” really? Is it some mythical idea of the perfect person we like to say we have in elementary or high school?…
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We Promised to Be Friends Forever—and Then We Were
I’ve never really been one of the “popular” girls. Sure, I was a friendly kid who was later liked well enough by most social circles as…
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An Open Letter to the Girl Who Feels Everything
Dear friend with all the “feels”, I bet you know what it’s like to feel sick to your stomach when you see roadkill on the side of the road.…
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It’s Alright To Be a Quiet Feminist
Sometimes I feel like I suck at being a woman. And, no, I’m not looking to change that biological fact about me, but I just feel that I’m not…
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Grieving the Death of a Friendship
Sometimes—no, really, all the time—I can sink pretty low into a pity party when I think of the loss I’ve endured all before age 40. I don’t…
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It’s True: Girls Are Weird
Girls are weird. Only a girl can say that though without causing a bit of a ruckus. I live in a house with four small boys and one grown man and…
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