A lot of people are doing end-of-decade recaps. The 10’s were pretty big for me. I finished my degrees, changed jobs multiple times until landing on my current job, which I love, and started my career as an author. We lost our old dog, Zoey, the best dog to ever dog. Now we have two dogs, a three year old Pitbull, and a two-and-a-half year old Shepherd/Pit mix. They are a handful and we love them.

Probably the biggest thing to come out of the 10’s, though, is kids. My husband and I weren’t...