Marriage + Relationships

I started dating again when I moved to Charleston. Friendship dating. 43 years young. Married. Smokes only meats. Enjoys long walks on the beach, wine, and witty banter. Seeking friends who don’t need their food cut up. Baseline. Just kidding. Must also wipe themselves. When I...

We are not single. We are married or in committed relationships. We are not single parents navigating the challenges of raising a child entirely on our own without financial or emotional support from the other parent. No, we are not single,...

Friendships have seasons and this season of friendship is a wintery one. In my teens and 20s, I saw friends nearly every day and definitely on the weekends. I knew everything about their love lives, family challenges, school worries, and...

What’s the saying when you get married? “When you marry someone, you marry their family.” Most of us just laugh this off as some old saying a relative brings up when someone has bad behavior at holidays and other...

It's no secret that Charleston is one of the most charming cities in America, and while it has a lot of popular places to eat and explore, there are some sweet places tucked away around the Charleston area that...

A few weeks ago I lost my last living grandparent, the one I was SO close to! My Grandma Hoch was the "matriarch" of our family. Her home was lovingly known to many as "The Hub" (she even had...

Making friends as an adult can be hard. Making friends as a mom can be even harder. But the most difficult thing of all is developing deep friendships. I don't just mean friends you have had all of your life...

Starting the New Year focusing on the New You?  That’s cool, but maybe make this the year you focus on growing your marriage, too. As the years go by in a relationship, it is very easy to view your partner as...

I heard the phrase “you can’t make old friends” a couple of years ago, and it really stuck with me. The friends that you have from elementary school, high school, college . . . they are just a specific...

Truth be told, my husband doesn't travel much for work anymore. He used to travel several times a month to many different US cities and abroad. This was a big part of why he switched jobs; if he had...