As many fellow professionals pack up their desks and set up virtual offices in light of COVID-19, I realized you might need some working from home tips. I’ve worked from home for more than 10 years and experienced many days with a little one around. I’m not perfect at this, and I’ve got a lot […]
Read MoreBehind every survivor is a caregiver. Sometimes this looks like doctors and nurses. Other times, it’s family and friends. I have an entourage of caregivers in my life. But if you asked each one of them who makes my world go round, there’s one answer: Mike. As I’ve been writing my memoir, Mom, Dad and […]
Read MoreI could hardly sleep on Christmas Eve because I knew what awaited my sleeping daughter. A few weeks before Christmas, I found an online sale for the new LOL house. She’d mentioned that the toymaker LOL was releasing a new model several times throughout the year, but she didn’t add it to her wish list […]
Read MoreGardening is one of those things I really want to be good at, but I struggle. I feel like I should be good at it, gardening is in my genes after all. Most stories I’ve heard about my paternal great grandmother involve how hard she worked to grow food, bake pies and raise chickens on […]
Read MoreWe had a wild idea when we sat down to write our goals for the year in January, which in and of itself felt like a victory. Me, I love goals. Mike, not so much, although he’s begun to embrace them. But, we recognized that over the years, they’ve helped guide our finances and calendar. […]
Read MoreI hated to face the truth about what I’d done. After I preached to my daughter about the importance of a healthy diet and offered her only eggs, yogurt or oatmeal for breakfast, I turned around and dunked a few Oreos into my coffee once she walked out the door to the bus stop. I […]
Read MoreMy daughter danced into my room as a way to say “good morning.” I looked over expecting to see the same sight I do most days, an 8-year-old with disheveled pajamas and crazy hair. But that’s not what I saw. Instead, she was prancing around wearing nothing but her birthday suit and a wide smile. […]
Read MoreWhat a year, everyone! Wow! I don’t know about you, but I love reading year-in-review posts. There’s power in stopping to look back before zeroing in on what’s ahead. My “one word” for 2018: Trust I’ve chosen a “word” for each year since 2006. Usually around November or December, I’ll hear a phrase or single […]
Read MoreThe lights went dim as small feet tapped up the stage stairs so girls dressed in white dresses and homemade gold halos, and boys holding plastic swords, could take their places. The thump of a bass drum moving out of the way set the tone. Each kid crammed in one by one and found his […]
Read MoreFiguring out how to survive Christmas with no money? You’re not alone. A few years ago, I looked down at the five, crisp bills that just came out of the ATM. “This is it,” I thought to myself. This is all we have to spend for Christmas. My husband had entered the arena of unemployment […]
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