Shari's Scoop
Reflections on motherhood, family, and finding your voice
Archive of posts with category 'Inspiration'
I’ve been having trouble writing lately. My spidey senses warned me that October was going to be a brutal month, but my inability started long before the world as I knew it...
Thank you for wanting to read an excerpt from my novel, Blindsided. Here’s what you need to know:
The mere thought of summer creates a feeling and imagery that stands alone. While each season can be linked to specific weather and activities, I feel the anticipation of summer...
When I decided to sit down and write an article for Mother’s Day, I wanted to concentrate on the four amazing generations of women in my family. One of my...
Once upon a time, we lived in a world without cellphones and instant gratification. Friendships were based on face-to-face encounters and bonding with people who knew how to have fun....
Intuition: When you don’t know how you know… but you know you know… and you know you knew, and that’s all you needed to know.
Before we can fully move forward into a life outside of our pandemic-related boundaries, I feel like it’s going to be important for us to take stock in the people...
“Are you sure she’s a real nurse?” It was hard not to notice that my neighbor Christy, the operating-room nurse who saw many of the worst traumas imaginable, often seemed...