Jerry Maguire stood disheveled and slightly desperate in his estranged wife, Dorothy’s living room. He crestfallenly set down his briefcase and addressed a roomful of divorcees, putting his heart on a metaphorical platter and making what is overwhelmingly considered a heartfelt declaration of love to his wife. “You complete me,” he said. “Shut up,” she…

Welcome to my new mini blog series – “Life Lied to Me!”  In this series of essays, I will explore some of the promises I heard from society and adopted as rules to live by.  I picked up these beliefs through television, movies, books, magazines, school, friends and family, and I swore by them for…

Locker room talk has been getting a pretty bad rap lately, so that’s why I was a bit surprised when I got an unexpected gift from a few words shared in a locker room. Sometimes the words you need to hear the most come from the most unexpected people, in the most unexpected places, at…

I’m going to open up and tell you all something I’ve never told anyone before.  I’ve never told anyone because I’m guessing it’s a little bit strange.  While I imagine other little girls were dreaming of being princesses or travelling to far-off lands, I pictured something a little bit different in my mind. My fantasy…