Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

I’ve been accused of saying “thank you” too much.  A fellow communications colleague once told me that there comes a point when someone says “thank you” too much, and it becomes unbelievable, it takes away from the power of the words.
I thanked her, silently wished her more happiness in her life, and only see that [...]

Vacation: The New “Conference”

My name is Marlynn, and I take a lot of vacations.
BWAHAHA. If you know me – or are a fellow parent entrepreneur – you know that sentence does not just roll off the tongue.
For the past six years as a serial entrepreneur, I have traveled only about 4-6 times a year, and most of those [...]

Friendships, French Press, Pen + Paper

Last week, I broke my coffee maker carafe. Again. I’m talented like that. Luckily, I had a lovely French press that my dear friend, whom we’ll call Agatha, gave to me the last time I broke the coffee carafe. It’s beautiful and an almost-Tiffany blue, which is my favorite color in the whole world. It [...]

Found: The Forgotten

It’s an odd thing, when your parents move out of the home in which you lived throughout high school. I thought I had gathered all of my belongings from their house years ago. I was wrong.
From the depths of the garage, they found these choice nuggets of my past and handed them over.
A touchy-feely pre-teen [...]

It’s a Cupcake Thing

“Cupcakes are my FAVORITE!” announced my daughter, and so was born the theme of her 3rd birthday party. I’m still recovering emotionally from the joy of watching my daughter turn 3 and physically from the exhaustion that comes from a week of mad dash scrambling to throw the party details all together. Without further ado, [...]