Walking Through Fire
As a mother of boys, I would like to believe that I can handle most anything. In the face of blood and vomit and late nights, no weapon...
How Motherhood is Like a Merry-Go-Round
Ever feel like your days are a wash-rinse-repeat cycle? A constant picking-up of shoes, books, clothes, iPods and whatnots? There is a...
That Welfare Mom is Just. Like. You.
For 6 short years, the flat plains of Nebraska were our home. With no mountain in site, barely a hill to climb, we raised three boys and...
Trying to Be Brave & Thanksgiving Plans
I had every intention of joining the book club. I really did. I signed up. I told myself I would read. I even bought the book, people....
Why the School Wars Need to Stop
It is a constant debate. From the time our children are old enough to grace the halls of preschool, the questions begin: Will you...
Words Matter
Anyone that knows me knows I love a good junk sale. If it's rusty, crooked, old, or vintage, I'm there! Most of the furniture in our home...
Here's To You, Monday
Here's to you, Monday With your extra cups of coffee and the resolve to eat better this week To the laundry done and full fridge To the...
Bless You, School Mornings
It really shouldn't be that hard: Pack your backpack, grab your snack and folders, head out the door. Then why, oh why, does every...
The Gap Between Me and My Black Neighbors Upstairs
So we're settling into living in this blasted hot state of Texas. It ain't central Nebraska, y'all. As I find us five surrounded by...
Five Minute Friday: Fill
It's the first stop in the morning, before I have spoken to another soul. Before breakfast. Before chores. Before life. It is my sunrise....
Jumping Back In
I haven't written. I haven't allowed the thoughts in my heart to spill out onto the screen, onto paper, into social media. And it's...
In the Waiting
One of the Dr. Suess books that the boys would have me read again and again is Oh, the Places You'll Go. One part reads: Waiting for a...
Beauty-Full
I recently saw an online album of “Shocking Pictures of Celebrities Without Make-Up”. It wasn’t that shocking. The pictures on the...
