The Tough Stuff

Finances. Medical decisions. Funeral plans. None of these are particularly comfortable or easy topics to discuss, but they are among some of the most important. No one wants to think about the financial realities of life, even when we know we have to. Nor do we want to think about our deaths or the deaths [...]

Hiding in Internet Shadows

I’ve been blogging, Tweeting and Facebooking for a few years now; I even took a couple of social media courses in graduate school and while I’d never call myself an expert, I know the drill when it comes to the “rules” of social media. And even if I didn’t, there are plenty of people ready [...]

Ordinary Mer’s Love List

A few weeks ago, I wrote about The Love List Project, an idea put forth by one of my favorite bloggers, Kristin. Since then, Kristin has used her blog space to write about various aspects of the love list each Friday and the #lovelist hashtag has made it’s way across Twitter. The idea is to [...]