Emily McDowell empathy card. Available at Milagro. There are few people who have influenced me as much as my dad. He spent a good 31...

I snapped at Maggie last week. Three times in one day. Maggie & Avra If you know Maggie, you know what a monster this makes me. Maggie is...

Growing up in KC (Raytown to be exact, don’t judge), summers were filled with Royals baseball. Evenings meant playing outside while Dad...

We’re featuring a guest writer (or ghost writer. ha.) on the blog tonight. Milagran Becky is an actual real life professional writer. One...

Smitty and I are different as can be in many ways. I like to analyze things (people) for hours and Smitty takes (nearly) everything at...

There’s deja vu and then there’s the unnamed phenomenon where encounters circle around later in life and surprise you a bit. I remember,...

Have you ever been friends with someone and then connected on social media and thought, “oh, hell”? You know…you like them, you enjoy...

I decided last week I may be burnt out. Not sure what clued me in. Could have been the night I closed the spa, began running a few...

Rio & Ocho, my life teachers I’ve been contemplating lately that my dogs only see me as energy. It makes no difference to them if I’m...

I’ve never been a cool kid. It’s just not really my thing. Let me take you on a little Ashley journey: My elementary school BFF was Pj...