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Better Under a Bushel
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. The… Continue reading
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Your Reflection Doesn’t Lie
I sat with my 14-year-old son recently at a barber shop in the city center of Ramstein. This was after a week’s long exchange about the merits of his haircut, his lack of enthusiasm to use the on-base barber- which… Continue reading
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The Home Team
“There is no place safer on this planet than with me,” I say to my sons whenever there is something to be feared under the bed. Within the judgement of peers. Within the insecurities bleeding in their hearts. “I will… Continue reading
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When Friendship Dies
The death of a friendship can be the kind of death you don’t see coming. It feels like a car accident but not in the way in which you’re actually the driver. Maybe it’s like the kind of accident where… Continue reading
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Rules, Rosters & Roulette
This is the story of how I used my psychotically organized personality to find the love of my life on Match.com. A story for a different time: I was married for 10 years, had 3 kids with said-husband, and then… Continue reading
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Why am I in here?
Writing the second-half of my life while being in denial that the first-half is already over. That’s where we meet. Hello. I’m Shellie. I have whatever the female-equivalent version of Peter Pan syndrome is. Meaning, I think of myself as… Continue reading
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Calling all Versions
The magic that emerges from effective collaboration is undeniable. When diverse minds converge with a shared purpose, the results can be transformative. Continue reading
Recklessly Hopeful 