This year, I'm working on 12 for 2012. Twelve what? Resolutions, fiats, or grand schemes. Whatever they are, the 12 for 2012 list is going to happen.

It's been a heck of a year in the dating department. I've been a girlfriend, a distraction, and a best friend. Here's what I learned about love in 2011.

What kind of love advice would you give your younger self? Here's what I'd tell the much younger me.

No, this will not be a tribute to the theme from Top Gun. The last few weeks, I’ve been gasping for air. Truly. I’ve had a nasty bout with bronchitis that has had me waking up in the middle of the night, not being able to breathe. Taking shallow breaths...

I’m participating in a blog series hosted by Ally Spotts called Confessions of a 20-Something Christian, where 20-Somethings get honest about their lives, loves and regrets. My confession is…I sometimes skip church. It started eleven years ago. “We’re pregnant.” Those words, spoken by my nervous older brother and his girlfriend,...

School is back in session. The cop car sitting outside the local high school reminds me of this, enforcing the 30 mph speed limit in a nice stretch of road that could easily be a 50 mph section. Driving past the school this morning, I watched the long line of...

“The heart of feminity, in essence, is vulnerability.” I was paddle-boarding with a friend yesterday down a stretch of Lady Bird Lake. It was a gloriously hot day and we had peeled down to our swimsuits, ready for water, sun, and exercise. A., is one of my newest friends, a...

I’ve been talking relationships again with friends. Imagine that. We were talking about rampant miscommunication between the sexes. How for women, it’s so easy to fall into the trap of reading into things. One of my male buddies recently reminded me that guys really aren’t that complicated. It’s women choosing...

When I was a teenager, my mother wanted me to listen to more Simon and Garfunkel. Really, she just wanted me to listen to "I am a Rock." That was because I wanted to be a rock and didn't understand why hearts were meant to break and humanity hinged on...