HOPE TO HELP!

I’ve heard all the night time salutations, but none of them ever brought me comfort like “I’ll see you in your dreams.” Good night is...

Mother’s Day doesn’t feel joyous for me anymore. It’s no longer another day I get to spend with my mom, showering her with delicious...

My very first memory of Easter was when my mom “went away” for the first time. I didn’t understand it as a four year old, but I knew she...

My mom’s birthday is a day of remembrance now. Instead of moments of celebration and joy, there are moments of silence and despair. It’s...

It is possible for movies to age well. While many do not, particularly those made in the eighties and earlier, it is refreshing when I...

I don't know why, but these didn't seem like possibilities to me. Call me 'naive', although my name is Hope, I thought plants lived until...

I savor things. Nothing is quick, everything takes as long as it needs to. Every bite, every action begins with a t—ease, and each d a y ...

I love my Kirkland Organic Multivitamin from Costco, truly. It seems appropriately priced and overall I feel great! Everything is...

It seems like every few months we need to upgrade our phones and all of these other systems that seem integral to our lives, but there is...

Normally spouted as a retort to someone's rude or snide comment, "Eat me!", yet versatile enough to also allude to the act of...

I grew up regularly getting haircuts and choosing hairstyles. As a young girl, this is normal. I often wanted a mohawk or to shave my...

I wish I had started counting from the very first time, but I didn't know that I would want to keep track of how many times in my life I...

Unfortunately, three years ago my mom died. The Friday night before Mother's Day, her heart went into cardiac arrest, and she was left...

If you were to come here from another planet, body hair expectations and customs would be extremely confusing. They are different...

Bras come in all different shapes, sizes, varieties, but there is just one in particular that is used across the breast board, if you...

This is absolutely ridiculous, world! I cannot believe how long we have gone crediting this fake, White man with all of your hard-earned...

It's that time of year again when we bake lots of cookies. I share plenty, but I also like to enjoy a fresh baked cookie or two each and...

Many people are deterred by a hair stylist who is bald, but not me! Actually, I will get my hair cut anywhere for fifteen bucks or less...

There are so few generations where brand new music or formations come from. We've already had girl groups and boy bands, solo artists and...

Okay, stay with me. I am proposing that if women stopped shaving their legs, their underarms, stopped tweezing, and all hair maintenance...