When I Grow Up, I Want To Be Snickers
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to wear every emotion you ever felt on your sleeve? To show, without embarrassment or shame your love, distrust, affection, displeasure, and irritation at the...
View ArticleHow To Annoy Your Teenager
My fourteen-year-old son recently texted me while on a school trip with his classmates and asked me to stop texting him. He’d been gone for two days and I’d texted him a handful of times asking those...
View ArticleNobody’s Perfect
My husband and I used to belong to a dinner club where we’d spend one evening a month at other couples’ houses and we’d host at our house once a year. We had just moved into our area and it seemed like...
View ArticleGroup Therapy
Two years ago I joined a Bible study. (This is not going to be a religious post, so don’t get your panties in a wad. I’ve got a point to bringing this up and it doesn’t involve trying to convince...
View ArticleFly Fishing, Marriage & the Risk of Asking for Help
Have you ever asked a loved one to help you with something? I should have known better than to ask my husband to show me how to fly fish. I was already reading The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Fly Fishing...
View ArticleFacebook, Facebook, How I Loathe The, Facebook
Facebook is a really cool site. I’ve lost more hours of more days perusing my home page for interesting tidbits from friends and acquaintances. Hours and hours of my life I can’t get back again. Ever....
View ArticleTightwads of the World, Unite!
I’m a total cheapskate about everything. It drives my family crazy, especially my kids who are at the age where suddenly labels matter. I won’t even go into the nightmare of shopping with my little...
View ArticleWhy Can’t I Just Relax, Already?
Writing has changed the way I read books. In my case, the same can be said for parenting. The older my kids get, I’m less able to lose myself in a story. Let me explain. I’ve been reading a lot of...
View ArticleIn Defense of Marriage
My mom, sister, and I recently went on a girl’s trip to Charleston, South Carolina for a long weekend. Over our three-day adventure, our routine became this: we’d get up, eat breakfast, and head out on...
View ArticleWhen Sportscasters Go Too Far
I love college football. I live in the south where I’m not alone in my obsession. My beloved Georgia Bulldogs belong to the dominating Southeastern Conference and many of their games are nationally...
View ArticleLooking Back
Last week was my 20th wedding anniversary. On milestone occasions, I think it’s important to look back and reflect on our lives.Twenty years ago I’d just turned twenty-four. My mother and mother-in-law...
View ArticleLove/Hate Relationships
I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with Facebook. I’m a pretty private person. I’m not apt to share the minutia of my life with others. I bore myself half the time and figure I shouldn’t spend...
View ArticleKeeping My Eye on the Prize
At the beginning of the new year, it is common to reevaluate life and set some goals for the next twelve months, both personal and professional. Some write goals down, but most people at least think...
View ArticleDear Peggy B.
Whenever I think of you, my face does this funny pouting thing and then I smile. I pout because you are no longer here with us and I know our lives would have been so much different if you hadn’t left...
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