Author: Rachel
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Saturday Morning Life Lessons: The Real Treasure in Duckburg
If Scrooge McDuck taught us anything, it’s that you can “have it all” and still have zero peace. You can build the vault, count the coins, stack the achievements, and still feel like something’s missing. Today, we’re diving into DuckTales wisdom to talk about wealth, legacy, and the surprising freedom that comes when you stop… Read more
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A Prayer for the First Year Without Them
This year, a few friends I love are walking into Thanksgiving carrying a kind of grief that doesn’t fit neatly beside the turkey and the “What are you thankful for?” conversations. They’ve lost parents, siblings, partners—people whose presence shaped the entire tone of the holiday—and the ages of these losses are landing far closer to… Read more
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Saturday Morning Life Lessons: You Don’t Have to Be “Truly Outrageous” Today
If your inner pop star has left the building and your CEO energy is running on fumes, pull up a chair. This is a hologram-friendly zone where you don’t have to shout “Showtime, Synergy!” just to get through the day. No earrings to tap, no secret identities to protect, no Misfits lurking in the wings… Read more
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The Magic We Didn’t Know We Were Making: Our Advent Tradition of Simple Surprises
When the kids were little, we didn’t do anything fancy for Advent — just one small December surprise each day. Coloring pages. Pajamas and hot cocoa. A car ride to look at lights. But those tiny, ordinary moments somehow turned into the memories my kids talk about the most. This is our story, and the… Read more
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Saturday Morning Life Lessons: Knowing Is Only Half the Battle
Welcome to Saturday Morning Life Lessons, a nostalgic multi-part series where I revisit the 80s cartoons that shaped us — the ones we watched in footie pajamas with a bowl of sugary cereal big enough to qualify as a mixing bowl. These shows didn’t mean to prepare us for adulthood, but somehow they did. They… Read more
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Small Acts of Service, Great Acts of Love
We all want to help — we really do — but somewhere between intention and action, we freeze. We worry we’ll overstep, or we’ll do it wrong, or what we have to offer won’t be enough. But the truth is, sometimes the smallest act of care is the one that breaks through the heaviness. This… Read more
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How We See Each Other
What started as a silly TikTok challenge turned into something softer — a reminder that love isn’t just about who you were when you met, but about how you keep seeing each other as you both change. It’s the slow, everyday act of paying attention, of noticing what still makes them light up and who… Read more
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Dear Best Friend
There’s something holy about watching someone rebuild their life from the ashes — not in a cinematic, triumphant way, but in the quiet, trembling courage it takes to believe again. This is for my best friend, and for anyone standing at the edge of a new beginning, still catching their breath but daring to step… Read more
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We Are The Tide
Some days I’m captaining a ship with snacks and a plan, feeling like I might actually know what I’m doing for once. The sun’s out, the wind’s cooperative, and I’ve even managed to keep my metaphorical paperwork dry. Other days, I’m clinging to a floating door like Titanic—held together by leftover ambition, caffeinated prayers, and… Read more
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When You Don’t Know What’s Next
We talk a lot about endings and beginnings—but not enough about the middle. The waiting. The fog. The ache of not knowing. Uncertainty has a way of pressing on your chest, stealing your sleep, and making peace feel impossible. But waiting is its own kind of courage—the quiet act of staying open when you have… Read more