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

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...

When my youngest daughter was in Kindergarten, she began to do what she could to prepare for the life ahead of her.  While she was still ...

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...

As my baby approaches a few of these milestones, I find myself thinking about the skills, the traits and the flaws that I have instilled ...

As the year comes to a close…with little fanfare and not near enough confetti and noise makers, I have come to the realization that my ad...

When I was a little girl I used to dream about being a school teacher.  Well, more specifically a choir director who could relate to her ...

I just returned home from vacation. A real true, never before experienced grown up vacation complete with swimming pools, Jamaican cockt...

There is something soothing about the ocean. Something about the noise it makes as the waves crest and crash into the sand just lulls me...

I have a confession to make. It’s one of those things that I do that I’m not proud of, something that I try to rationalize and reason aw...

When my youngest daughter was 6 years old we spent most of our days in the summer at the pool. Shannon was a great swimmer. She loved b...

I grew up surrounded by very stable, happily married couples. While I’m not claiming to have some sort of Norman Rockwell delusion about...

When I was in high school, my church youth group would have overnights. Basically, we would meet at the church on a Saturday night and t...

In my 39 years on this earth, I continue to be amazed sometimes at my level of stupidity. Sometimes, I think that eating pizza late at n...

I’m a 38 (almost 39, but we aren’t talking about that) year old single mother of one grown child and one child that is as close to grown ...