The Carrie Life

Dear Reader,  Turning 40 this week, didn’t just start a new year, but a decade!  I took a moment to ponder the 10 years I just fini...

Tonight, I watched the documentary on Fred Rogers, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" I watched it with a mixed group of teens and re...

Recently, I sat across from a woman I've known since before she was a woman.  We met under duress, as she has honestly, been avoiding me...

When Kevin and I moved into our current home, we were still newlyweds living with his two girls.  Stephanie, the younger one, was 14 at th...

I got a text.  It was from a friend in rehab (I have a few of them there at the moment).  She thanked me for my card and I quickly responded...

As a woman with perfectionist tendencies, the word, "failure" is often a four-letter word in my world.  However, it shouldn't ...

Two weeks ago I talked about the memories that come to mind and just the amazing way the brain holds onto some things in our conscious mind...