Things to Celebrate

It's hard to remember, when the world is on fire, that there are still things to celebrate and that we should, in fact, be celebrating them. The last several book-selling events have been relatively dismal in sales. I might be tempted to think I'm doing something wrong, but the fact of the matter is that, [...]

And Baby Makes 6

Guess what day it is! (No, it's not hump day. This is not that commercial.) It's launch day! Another book birthday. For another book baby I adore so much! And this one is, perhaps, the most special of them all. Why? Because I didn't just write this book for entertainment or for the love of [...]

The Train

I wrote this essay months ago, just as schools across the country opened amidst a worldwide pandemic, and we faced yet another unique set of challenges in the Storms household. Months later, as 2021 comes to a close and the schools plan to open on schedule starting January 3, 2022 regardless of the dramatic spike [...]