Hello, friends! My monthly update for April is coming a bit late because, well... I got married at the end of the month! The last couple weeks were, therefore, a blur and I started May off on our honeymoon.

Aside from getting a little bit married last month, I did manage to put out some words on the web as well. A couple of older essays, particularly the one about my weight gain and probably related bra size increase, picked up some traffic last month, which is always cool to see.

The big shift of the month is that I resumed writing on my self-care and running blog, Running Into Joy, and joined a new running-related publication, Runner's Life. You can check out my article with tips to show up race ready here.

Other highlights include...

• A rant/humor piece about an Oats Overnight ad that really grinds my gears, for some reason.

• My review of Kingdom Hearts III, which I finally started playing thanks to the announcement that KH IV is in development. You know me, always fresh and on trend.

• Seeing The Lost City sparked some reflection on my relationship with rom coms.

Now that wedding planning is over, I'm looking forward to putting up our Little Free Library and focusing in on the memoir. Hope your May is off to a good start, and I'll see you next month to reflect on how it went!

As the summer passed me by and we jumped into the school year, I fell away from doing these updates because, to be frank, I was too busy to remember I even had an author’s website to maintain.

That doesn’t, however, mean that the writing stopped. Oh, no, the writing has continued, more or less.

Since it’s been a bit, I’ll skip the small talk and jump in to a few favorite pieces from the past few months.

• I got a little bit vulnerable about my evolving spiritual practices in this piece about nudging a toe outside the so-called “broom closet”

• After one of my daily walks with our dog, Azula, I penned this piece about how she’s shifted my understanding of our neighborhood

• I earned my first semi-viral piece and plenty of internet trolls by ranting about why I don’t watch Wonder Woman with my students anymore

• As orientation approached, I put my thoughts about being emotionally out of office into words

• On the book blogging front, I wrote about how I learn of new and upcoming book releases

• I’m back into video gaming and reflecting on the carefully animated, swaying breasts in Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance

This is just a snapshot of all the words I’ve been putting out in the world, and I’m so grateful for everyone who’s checked out my work over the past few months. I’d be remiss not to mention I received some generous support on my Buy Me A Coffee page this month, as well!