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  • Bluebonnets

    Lessons Learned from COVID-19

    When my kids were little, we’d often have cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Saturday mornings. Nothing fancy, just those poppin’ fresh rolls from Pillsbury covered with a dollop of gooey frosting. And every week,…

  • Horoscope chart

    Cuspy

    -1- I was born on January 20th, 1964. Depending on which horoscope you’re reading, that birthday places me on the last day of Capricorn or the first day of Aquarius. (I’ve done the research.…

  • Medical mask on globe

    Quarantine

    Like most everyone else in the United States, we’ve been hunkered down at home for the last couple of weeks. I’ve been ordering groceries for curbside pickup and getting my classes set up to…

  • Bare feet on bathroom scale

    Weight, Weight, Don’t Tell Me

    Like a lot of women, I’ve thought about my weight fairly often. I’m at a point in my life now where it’s less important than in used to be–in truth, I rarely ever weigh…

  • Scrabble tiles spelling out self care

    Caregiver Self-Care

    Dealing with the recent big changes in my life has been stressful, to say the least. Like most people, I’m not the best version of myself when I’m stressed out. I have the habit…

  • Goodbye to 2019

    You may have noticed that things in the She Dwells community have been pretty quiet for the past few months. That’s because this last portion of 2019 did not, shall we say, go to…

  • Gifts

    Self-Care for the Crazy Days

    We’re knee-deep in that post-Thanksgiving/pre-Christmas period that I not-so-fondly refer to as the Crazy Days. For me, it begins with giving and grading final exams. Then there’s the shopping, the social events, the rich…