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Yesterday, I realized I was still trying to please my family. Big whoop, you might say, but this was big for me—and I have a feeling might touch home for a few of you, too. Let me explain.
My family is a boisterous, brilliant, crazy, loud, and wonderfully rambunctious bunch. All of them. On both sides (family dinner parties are big). When Andrew and I first started dating, I saw no problem with bulldozing a conversation we were having...

Hi, loves.
I’m here, alive and have not been swallowed by life or the internets.
Sure, life’s been busy these last few months. But whenever I hear that as an excuse (myself or otherwise) I always think, “Get in line honey, you me and everyone else is busy! That’s life so let’s all focus on enjoying it.”...

“The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to...

“Did you see that last episode of Iron Chef?” is a question I often get. When I tell people the truth (nope), they get disappointed. But honestly, I would rather be in the kitchen myself poking around, trying out different ingredient combinations, and...