Ericka's Blog
Reflections and conversations on life
Love Wins: Empowering Women to Choose Life with Callie Cowan
*Video here if not showing up in post. I first met Callie Cowan online through the world of fitness blogging, through this blog right here! We became Facebook friends and over time, I noticed she posted a lot on social media about her work with a local pregnancy...
6 Protein Powder Desserts to Die For (and Make Now!)
*This post is sponsored by Premier Protein I know what you're thinking. That doesn't sound healthy to me! I think healthy is all relative. But you can actually make cupcakes with protein powder -- among all kinds of other yummy desserts! It's actually kinda crazy all...
Words Hurt: Letting Go of a Mean Comment That Has Plagued Me
In 2008, someone I thought I respected as an online writer acquaintance told me I was an awful writer, one of the worst he'd ever seen on the website we had both contributed to. I had, in youthful stupidity, written a blog post saying something negative about the...
2017 Family Photo Love
Guessing if you are seeing this, you may already have seen some of these on Facebook or Instagram but in case you missed 'em, I had to share! We never did family photos when I was a kid. It was just that good old church directory photo that was taken every few years...
Celebrating a Weird 4th of July
Hello friends! It's so nice to be back in Indiana because I celebrate all the holidays with my family, instead of looking longingly at Instagram stories & Facebook photos of them hanging out together while I'm in Virginia. This year, the first that Jacob could...
WATCH: The Highest Ranking Female in the House Gets Personal With Me
*If the video interview above isn't showing up, click here to watch it. My ten years in Washington, DC was time well-spent. I loved my adventures there and one of the most positive aspects of it even now is all of the connections I still have. When I worked at in the...