I love going out to eat.  There’s something about being at a restaurant watching the waiters and bartenders scurry through their evening ...

I’m 42 years old.  It’s not that I turned 42 today or anything, but on this Monday immediately following Daylight Savings Time adjustment...

There was a time not so long ago when I lived in a house that was constantly under various stages of construction. Sometimes there was a...

Raising two girls kept my house full of action, unexpected outbursts of Disney Princess songs, and what I have lovingly named “estrogen g...

I’ve always been independant.  Well, I’ve always tried to be independant.  My mom tells an adorable story about when I was 18 months old ...

When I was a little girl my mom and her siblings would all bring their families together for holidays.  We’re talking Christmas, New Year...

My life hasn’t been that different than the jugglers really.  I have taken one ball at a time and began to orchestrate a delicate dance o...

One day at the ripe mature age of 17, I was running around with my friends.  There was this special place tucked back in the woods where ...

It was a surprise being a mom at the age of 20. Being a mom wasn’t a “party” kind of surprise, I always knew I wanted to be a mom, but b...

It’s not that I planned on being pregnant at 19. I mean don’t get me wrong I wasn’t an “afterschool special” or anything. I was married a...

When I was a kid we would often spend holidays with my extended family. Not just Thanksgiving and Christmas, (although those were some of...