Author: Annie

Gift Giving with Let’s All Be Brave!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…. when people graduate! (That’s a sentence I would have said any other year except this year WHEN MY SMALL GROUP GALS ARE GRADUATING AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FEEL EXCEPT SAAAAAAAD. We have to move on quickly…) I wrote Let’s All Be Brave for you-

When someone puts Annie on vocal rest.

Here’s a weird thing. I have bacterial laryngitis. It happened like this: I thought I was just having bad allergies all of last week. I was blowing my nose all day and coughing all night. Like literally, Good Friday was my last full night of sleep. And it wasn’t like I was waking up and

Q Boston!

So in two weeks, I’m going to be in Boston and I totally want you to come as well. I can’t wait to go to Boston. There’s just something about Quincy Market and those cannolis from Mike’s Pastry are a blessing… says an Annie who used to eat dairy. I get to go to Boston

ACM Awards Prep thanks to Mary Kay®!

You guys know I have special place in my heart for award shows, particularly when it involves country music. Remember I got to go to the Grammys with my friend Hillary in 2010? And remember when I got to go to the CMA Awards in 2014? Yeah. I love award shows. I blame the sparkle.

Brave On The Road

So here’s a fun thing. I have a video intern this semester. I know, I feel like the luckiest human in the ever. Her name is Kristen and she is SUPER TALENTED and fun to be around and she fits around the dining room table / office like she has always been here. Sarah and

FOUR DOLLARS.

FRIENDS! I just had to tell you. Both my ebooks for teens/young women are on MAJOR SALE LIKE WHOA KIND OF SALE today! . . . . . Perfectly Unique . . . . . Speak Love  . . . . . Literally for less than a grande no water soy chai at Starbucks, you

Feeling very fashionABLE.

I have to tell you (in case you don’t know)… I am a huge fan of the fashionABLE product line. If you don’t know fashionABLE, you should read the whole story of the creation of the company here. But simply stated, your purchase of a fashionABLE product creates sustainable business in Africa. Also? EVERYTHING IS

A Brave Story : Pritika

[Once a week, I am going to be sharing with you a brave story sent in from a reader. You can comment, respond, encourage. Want to submit your own story or a story of a brave friend of yours? Head to thatisbrave.com!] This week’s #thatisbrave story comes from Pritika. I like this gal and her

A Brave Story : Erin

[Once a week, I am going to be sharing with you a brave story sent in from a reader. You can comment, respond, encourage. Want to submit your own story or a story of a brave friend of yours? Head to thatisbrave.com!] This week’s #thatisbrave story comes from Erin. Heartbreaking, to be sure. But her

Lent 2015

I love Lent. It’s my favorite season of the year. There is something about the quiet and the without-ness and the focus that is given to us for these next 47 days (okay, fair, 46) that I really really love. I grew up in the Methodist Church and so I have always known Ash Wednesday