Fuel Your Inner Drive
Our relationships shape us and shake us. They can build us up and, at times, tear us down. Through the good, the bad and the ugly, these are the people we share our lives with. This is our safe place to vent, dissect the dysfunction, mend the past and honor the bonds.
My mom’s house has finally been rented. A new family is moving in next week, and that’s a huge relief. It’s also been quite a process since moving her out two and a half years ago. We did nothing for three months, then hired someone to help us with an estate sale. Thus started the [...]
I come from a family with predominant hair growth, dark hair to top it off. Growing up, my mom always told me that I had the typical, extra bit of hair that ran in my dad’s family. The hair on my arms always bothered me, but was never a teasing tactic in elementary school. Once [...]
We’re all about being real this month on SheTaxi. So how’s this for honest? I am having writer’s block. Yikes! Usually through the course of the week I have experiences that inspire my Weekly Fuel. This week is no different, however, I can’t get my thoughts converted into a blog. Therefore, I am improvising and [...]
While I was (visibly!) pregnant, all I heard was being a mom was super-fantastic. But after she was born, everyone kept asking “aren’t you so happy?” I would smile and nod, but I was utterly miserable. Why didn’t anyone tell me there’s an emotionally-draining, bone-fatiguing side to motherhood? Not one word was mentioned about the [...]
After college my group of girlfriends and I slowly began to separate and forge our own paths. I moved to Boston while one moved to Portland, one to Chicago and another followed her now husband to Alabama. It’s great everyone is finding her own place but it’s hard to keep in touch and even harder [...]
As a young woman nearing her thirties, the next logical step in my “life track” I guess would be children. I got married. I bought a home. I’ve established my career. I have hobbies. All of these things have made my life rich with happiness. So, on to the next step. Children, right? But as [...]
I’ve never been what you would call “prompt.” This is something that I’m particularly struggling with because 10-year-old Kate would be very upset with that statement. Growing up I quit almost every activity I started-not because I’m a quitter, but because my mother, a.k.a. my ride was chronically late. I’m not talking a few minutes [...]
It’s 4:55 p.m. on a Tuesday night in March. I’m scrambling to finish a hot project, all the while, the smile of my 18-month-old waiting for me at daycare clouds my vision. If I don’t leave at 5, I tell myself, that’s another 15 minutes in traffic and 15 minutes away from my family. I [...]
As much as I was reluctant to do so, I recently joined an online dating service. The reality is that “my world” isn’t loaded with single men running around and I needed to find alternative methods to meet guys. So far the experience has been very positive. While I have not found “my match,” I [...]
Make the holidays memorable by focusing on what guests will remember We’re in the midst of Passover, and Easter is a few days off. Women everywhere are beginning to stress about how clean the house is, when they will find time to buy groceries, and what they will serve for the family meal. Not to [...]
