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If you need a feel good story, I wrote about how two Baltimore chefs drove 6 hours to feed a terminally ill customer. As someone who is fully obsessed with loungewear, particularly matching loungewear that makes me feel pulled together while at home, I have my eye on this bright pink summer set. There’s a big part of me that wants to put any more at-home purchases on hold, but a stronger, bigger part of my brain knows I would absolutely wear these out of the house, too. Why hate crime data can’t capture the true scope of anti-Asian violence

Today, I wrote Monday-Friday for the TODAY Show and do stringer work for military-centric outlets like We Are The Mighty, GI Jobs, and Military Spouse Magazine. It’s important to understand that editors get hundreds of emails per day and that’s not an exaggeration. The reason editorial contact information can sometimes be hard to find is that editors already get hundreds of messages to their inbox and there is only so much time in a day. One thing I’ve learned is that a good way to waste your time and annoy an editor is to pitch something they’ve already covered extensively or that doesn’t fit their guidelines/voice.

Once you’ve determined that an outlet is accepting freelance pitches, it’s time to sell your story! That’s what a pitch is – an opportunity for you to succinctly tell an editor why it’s the right time to cover this, why you’re If it’s an editor I’ve never met before (this is called cold pitching!), I introduce myself, my location, and a few relevant outlets I’ve previously written for, being sure to link a relevant story I’ve written so they can see an example of my work. For example, I’m reaching out to you today with a story idea for Military Spouse on what deployed soldiers really want in care packages from home.)

In this week’s edition of 5 Things I Love Friday, I’m sharing the unprecedented flooding here in Hawaii, a new smoothie staple, a Judy update + more. A mail truck sank on Oahu’s North Shore, water flowing through homes and businesses like a river….It You might remember that last week I mentioned Judy’s surprise surgery. We finished Bridgerton this week and I might be the only person on the planet who didn’t fall head over heels in love with the series.