August Rose & Thorns – A monthly recap of the highs and lows experienced each month. Rose: The Short and Long Game For me, the most therapeutic activities are exercising and confiding in my best friend about the embarrassing moments I've experienced since our last meeting. I have so many mishaps each month that I [...]
July Rose & Thorns – A monthly recap of the highs and lows experienced each month. Rose: Blog Traffic Perhaps some of you are aware that I began this blog as a project during the Covid pandemic to keep myself occupied once I had run out of new TV shows to watch. Ever since I [...]
June Rose & Thorns – A monthly recap of the highs and lows experienced each month. Rose: Birthday Month I love that my birthday falls in June. It's not just because every horoscope I've read (for Cancers) accurately describes my personality and emotional state. It's also because the halfway point in the year allows me [...]
May Rose & Thorns – A monthly recap of the highs and lows experienced each month. Rose: The Institution of YouTube During most of this month, I spent my time preparing my mother's new condo for her to move in. We did a lot of work to make her home feel just right, including painting [...]
April Rose & Thorns – A monthly recap of the highs and lows experienced each month. Rose: Sister-Sister Trip This month I collaborated with Guess Where Trips, a Canadian business that creates surprise one-day self-guided road trips. Most of the itineraries cover the Canadian providences, but they have recently expanded into the States to include [...]
March Rose & Thorns – A monthly recap of the highs and lows experienced each month. Rose: Solo Trip Success I conquered a significant travel fear that had been looming over me for over a year. I successfully flew to a destination, rented a car, and didn’t end up in a ditch. For some, this [...]
February Rose & Thorns – A monthly recap of the highs and lows experienced each month. Rose: Auntie Life Everyone always says that babies change your life, but I thought these were just words of wisdom for the parents. In fact, these are rules for an entire family. A month into my new role as [...]
January Rose & Thorns – A monthly recap of the highs and lows experienced each month. Rose: Action Packed Start to the New Year The first weekend of this year was exhausting and exhilarating. The arrival of my niece has been a long-anticipated event. My entire family has been nesting in preparation for her arrival [...]
December Rose & Thorns – A monthly recap of the highs and lows experienced each month. Rose: The Simple Things If I describe my holiday season in one word, it would be - calm. I didn’t rush into any store to pick up a last-minute gift or stress about what to bring to dinner. I [...]
November Rose & Thorns – A monthly recap of the highs and lows experienced each month. I haven’t written an opening paragraph to a Rose & Thorns post in a very long time. However, I wanted to point out that there will not be a thorn this month. At the beginning of each month, I [...]
