I Need a Minute

One thing I seem to be struggling with lately, and it’s probably an area almost everyone struggles with, is understanding life. I’ve probably noted this before, since all this stuff I’m sending out to the world is about my take on life. Life is a gigantically deep thing to understand. Gigantically, (is that a word?), isn’t…

Two weeks ago, Kate O’Neill, deputy director at the Chestnut Hill Business Association, former boss and friend of mine, contacted me to help her promote her foundation The Noreen O’Neill Foundation for Melanoma Research. Kate’s sister Noreen O’Neill passed away July 2000 of melanoma. Kate has become a dedicated advocate in honor of her sister. The foundation holds…

On April 5th, I attended the scholarship gala at my college, Chestnut Hill. This was my third year on the planning committee. Giving back to CHC has become so important to me and I’m grateful I can do so. I not only received a great education there, but I learned invaluable life lessons. The people I…

A couple weeks ago, my brothers and I went to my mom and dad’s house to begin cleaning out the remainder of our things. I “moved out” of the house two years ago. I put moved out in quotes because I’ll be honest, I’m there a lot for dinner. I spend the night sometimes just to…

I’ve been published! I’ve been submitting to a variety of publications since finishing school and I finally got a story published. It’s a pretty cool feeling. I remember when I was in graduate school my teacher told us that we would get our fair share of rejections. At the time, I thought it wasn’t very…