finding joy

COOKIES!

In Glioblastoma Cancer, Inspiring & Encouraging • by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 3, 2025 • Leave a Comment

I figure if my shaky hands can trudge through typing, autocorrect, text to talk probs, backspacing, and misspelled nonsense to try and whip out some variance of an intelligent blog post… I can fumble-finger through the Uber Eats app and ORDER INSOMNIA COOKIES! And they...

Holiday Moments: Embracing Imperfection

In Inspiring & Encouraging • by Amanda Herring, Writer, December 22, 2024 • Leave a Comment

My goal this year was to deck our halls timely (end of November) and have the house dripping in holiday magic well in advance of the big day. I wanted us all to live among the sparkles for as long as possible. I wanted Christmas...

Feeling Joy

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 13, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Feeling shiny this morning, and I hope you are, too! It’s a beautiful day here at the barn watching Brady ride. I’m enjoying loving on this little orange kitty, too. (His name is Chip. His buddy running around here, the white kitty, is Queso. So...

I’M FULL OF JOY, ACTUALLY

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 8, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Y’all, I’m not always focused on my existential crisis. I’ve been on the struggle bus lately for sure, and my time to refocus and reset has been valuable and needed. But I’m quite full of joy, actually. You know, “joy” and “happiness” are two different...