Dear Meli, I’m a visual artist, and I’ve been working hard creating my art for over two decades so far. I love what I do, but there’s one thing that keeps getting me down. I have a really big vision for my art. I see it touching people all over the...
Dear Meli, I know I am supposed to love myself, warts and all. And I am better at this than I have ever been. I continue to get better all the time, in fact. I practice being nicer to me, and I get better at it. But I have this one area that feels impossible for me,...
Have you ever had a plan? Perhaps it was a detailed outline, with multiple steps to your goal. Or maybe it was much simpler, like running to the store to pick up a carton of milk. (Or, these days, a carton of organic, free-range soy milk.) And have you ever had these...
Dear Meli, I have a friend who is dying. He’s been sick for a long time, so it’s actually a relief. But here’s the thing. One of our mutual friends is not accepting that he’s going. She’s insisting that we need to pray more about it....
Is there anything better than people telling you that your passion sucks?! Oh, wait. That’s not what I meant to say. Why the &%$^ do people think they have the right to tell you there’s something wrong with the thing that is most precious to you?!...
I recently got a great present. At least, it was a great present for a nerd like me. I was given a Universal Remote. I was so excited I could barely contain myself. No, I was not under the mistaken impression that when they called it a Universal remote, it meant it...
