This Curious Life
Curiosity changes us.
Curiosity has taken me into conversations with strangers, unexpected adventures, difficult truths, quiet wonder and a deeper understanding of myself.
It has also reminded me that beneath almost every hard shell is a tender heart, beneath certainty is another perspective and beneath ordinary moments are stories worth noticing.
These are a few of mine.
2 Minute Read · August 14, 2026
When the Plan Disappears
A client of mine lost her job. It wasn’t something she had been planning for. There wasn’t another opportunity waiting in the wings or some secret dream she’d finally been given permission to pursue. She had a job. And…
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3 minute Read · March 14, 2026
The In-Between Place
Moving is weird. You can spend months thinking about it, planning it, packing for it and maybe even being really excited about it. Then you start putting your life into boxes. That’s when things get interesting. Because…
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3 Minute Read · February 14, 2026
Did We Keep the Yellow Dress?
There’s something about old photos. Your smile looks freer. Your eyes... a little more open. And for a moment, it’s so easy to miss her — the girl you used to be. You remember her as lighter. Happier. More alive. As if…
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3 Minute Read · September 14, 2025
Maybe It Didn’t Fail
I’ve been thinking about the word failed. Especially when we use it to describe relationships. If two people stay together for fifty years, we call the relationship successful. If they love each other for ten years and…
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2 Minute Read · June 14, 2023
When the Roles Begin to Reverse
There’s no official moment when your parents become “aging parents.” No announcement. No paperwork. Nobody rings a bell. It seems to happen in tiny moments instead. They ask you to handle something they always handled…
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3 Min Read · May 14, 2019
What Am I Not Seeing?
The other day I hit a curb. Not because I was distracted. Not because I was driving recklessly. I simply couldn't see it. That tiny jolt stayed with me far longer than I expected because it reminded me how much of life…
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4 Minutes · April 14, 2017
Knock Knock
I've been noticing how many different versions of me seem to be wandering around lately. There's the version my oldest friends know, the one my family knows, the one people from my corporate life remember, the one who…
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Lara Parrish · March 14, 2017
Maybe I don't have to know yet.
A girlfriend recently informed me that I am not qualified to make any major life decisions right now. I laughed. Then I realized she might be right. There are a lot of decisions to make when a life changes unexpectedly.…
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6 Minutes · February 14, 2017
What If It Never Makes Sense?
I’ve spent a lot of time lately trying to make things make sense. Maybe too much time. Why did this happen? How did we get here? What did I miss? What could I have done differently? Maybe you know that loop too.…
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6 Minutes · January 14, 2017
I Rarely Worry About the Right Things
I’ve been thinking about worry tonight. I've never thought it was particularly useful. Tonight I feel that to my core. Worry doesn't change what happens. It doesn't give us more control, although I think sometimes we…
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3 Minutes · December 14, 2016
The Things We Bring With Us
We started making chocolates this week. Lots of them. The kind of homemade Christmas candy my family made throughout my childhood, with trays covering the table, chocolate everywhere and far more pieces than any…
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2 Minute Read · November 14, 2016
The In-Between
My three-year-old great-niece recently asked my sister a perfectly reasonable question. “When are you gonna get better, Grandma?” If only someone had an answer.Beth has been in the hospital for more than a month now.…
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3 Minute Read · October 14, 2016
When Everything Is Not Okay
A week ago, I was sitting on my bed in Atlanta watching Hurricane Matthew make its way through St. Augustine. We have a beach condo there, but the roads were closed. There was no getting to it. All I could do was watch…
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