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I don’t want to just be your editor—the faceless person behind a screen who judges your hard work. I want you to view me as an actual person—a wife, mom, horseback rider, lover of the written word and the outdoors…and someone who really cares about what you have to say! That’s why I want to bare my own vulnerabilities through the Red Quill Blog, which covers various topics with a personal touch.

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#52 Screen Zombies

Jul 1, 2023 2 Comments

Everything in Moderation My husband and I both grew up knowing how to entertain ourselves through creativity and outdoor activities. Don’t get me wrong, we definitely watched TV also. But we were the last generation to grow up without a cell phone attached to our hands that leads to such a dependency on technology. Cell […]

#51 Simplicity in Minimalism, part c (final)

Jun 1, 2023 2 Comments

Open Your Eyes It’s so easy to forget all the things we have, allowing several things to serve zero purpose other than accumulating dust. This feels so wasteful when someone out there might find real joy with that very item you haven’t touched in a year. Moving emphasizes the benefit of minimalism and donating items […]

#50 Simplicity in Minimalism, part b

May 1, 2023 Leave a Comment

Forgetting Our Roots During the first three years of our marriage, Lane and I moved once a year as we slowly upgraded from a tiny 600-square-foot apartment to a small rental house to our very first home purchase. Between the tight budget of young adulthood and our annual moves, we kept our belongings to just […]

#49 Simplicity in Minimalism, part a

Apr 1, 2023 Leave a Comment

More Is Less, Less Is More If you have kids, you can probably relate to the concept of too many toys and not enough toy boxes. Our family just adores our girls, Ember and Karissa, and we truly are grateful for that. But it also means they get showered with gifts to the point that […]

#48 Adopt, Don’t Shop, part e (final)

Mar 1, 2023 2 Comments

The Sad Reality I know if you have a fur-baby of your own, you love him or her with all your heart. You melt whenever he gives you puppy eyes, begging to go for a walk. You feel giddy when he greets you after being gone for only five minutes just as excitedly as if […]

#47 Adopt, Don’t Shop, part d

Feb 1, 2023 4 Comments

Puppies Require Patience I could tell instantly that Bo was very smart, food motivated, and eager to please. He picked up new tricks quickly and if he didn’t understand, he tried desperately to get a grip on what we were asking him to do. Despite that, he took about four months to fully potty train, […]

#46 Adopt, Don’t Shop, part c

Jan 1, 2023 Leave a Comment

The Stars Aligned Everything seemed to be aligning perfectly, proving to us that the time was indeed right for us to add a fur baby to our household once again. While Pretzel was already happily his new home, Mama Cali and three more pups were still being fostered just five minutes away by my lifelong […]

#45 Adopt, Don’t Shop, part b

Dec 1, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Timing Must Be Right After a wonderful decade with Tanner, Lane and I knew we wanted the kids to grow up with a dog so they could also learn all the lessons pets have to teach us. However, we recognized that getting a pet was a big commitment, and ideally, should last the lifetime […]

#44 Adopt, Don’t Shop, part a

Nov 15, 2022 2 Comments

Preface If you follow Red Quill Co on Facebook or LinkedIn, you likely remember me mentioning back in January of this year that we adopted a puppy we named Bo. Earlier this month, that pup turned one, and so I want to dedicate this blog series to him and a topic I am very passionate […]

#43 Red Quill: Another Year in the Books!

Oct 15, 2022 6 Comments

Living the Dream Established on October 2, 2020, Red Quill Co LLC just celebrated its golden birthday with this being my second year in business, and I’m still riding the high! Even though I have been officially editing books for two years now, it still feels so surreal whenever I get to say it out […]