Self Care

This year I decided on a stepmom word of the year instead of a New Year's resolution. And it's not too late for you to do it, too!

There are few things as relaxing as curling up in a comfortable chair to read a good book. And I don't know about you, but I'm always on the hunt for books that will help me get my life together. They used to call them self-help books. I call them self-care books for women. And [...]

There's a lot of talk these days about self-care. Self-care for moms, self-care for the working woman, self-care for teenagers. But we don't hear much about stepmom self-care. As many as half of all women in the U.S. may find themselves in the role of stepmother at some point in their lives. And although there [...]

I've written before about how much I love a good handwritten card or letter. So much so that my husband and I now run a handwritten note business. It's easy to fire off an email or text. But it's less easy to convey pure emotion that way. So I wrote a piece recently for Medium [...]

It hasn’t even been a year since I took the (scary!) plunge into blogging. My very first blog post was all about starting new things when you're over 40. And here I am again, launching another new adventure: all about handwritten notes! I am so excited to announce the newest member of the This Custom [...]

You know by now that I love to travel. Over the years, I've explored all but one of the continents. (yes, it is crazy that I've been to Antarctica but not yet Australia!) And taking travel photos is one of my favorite things to do while I'm on a trip. I don't expect National Geographic [...]