It’s so easy to come out of something you were never supposed be in and be happy to be done with that chapter. But no one ever wants to deal (loudly) with the heartbreak of failure.

The hardest thing in the world to do, is to walk away from something that makes you happy because you can’t dedicate yourself to it the way you know it deserves. For me it’s writing. For you, well, just fill in the blank.

Another year ends and I’m grateful for all that 2023 has given me.

As one chapter ends, another begins.

Another year around the sun, but this time I’m THIRTY-HEAVEN…ahem, I mean Thirty-seven and well…I’m literally waiting for the crazy to show up.

My very first published work is available on Amazon now. Collapsed - by Sharee McLean.

There’s no running from sadness! I’ve learned a few ways to help myself get through those moments when they come, and I’m always looking for more tools for my healing toolbox.

I’m not here to bash 2020…well, maybe a little, lol. We all know it’s been a challenging year for a lot of us. On the last day of the year, I’ve no desire to rehash all that’s gone wrong – but I do want to embrace the things, behaviors, and people that I want to see in

I have never in all my years had a year quite like this one. The pain…the growth…the tears…AND IT STILL AIN’T OVER! There are no words for the last 9 months, but I do have a word for this last quarter - guarded.

Adding little humans to your life is HARD. Yes they are all the amazing balls of wonderfulness that the world says they are, but they are also a lot of work. As an at home mom, integrating the ever changing needs of a new addition into needs of your home can be a challenge. That challenge only intensifies if you have to work as well.

I remember growing up and hearing people say "God will never put more on you than you can bear." It was a statement, that through most of my adult life, I would refer to anytime things got hard and I felt like I needed encouragement to keep pushing forward. But as I grow, here's what I'm realizing - maybe God isn't giving ME more than I can handle...maybe I'm doing it to myself.

Ramadan is a month during which most Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, pray extra prayers, and tend to be extra modest, charitable, devout.

I can look around my life and see proof of the honey I've made in the past. I can also show you all the honey I'm "working on". But I'm not consistently producing new honey, and that's a huge problem.

So for the 2nd time in my life, a baby tried to kill me!

The gift that keeps on giving - The job that never ends.

Living abroad can make holidays feel like just another day.

Ever just know something is wrong with you, but every single doctor you go to tells you that you're fine? Well that was me!

With age I'm realizing, that no matter how awesome the outcome, this habit of mine is what's holding me back from being as great as I really should have been years ago...I was just putting it off.