For the Mom Who is Taken For Granted (And the One Who Wishes She Was)
My son had his winter band concert last week. The night before he asked who was coming. I told him I’d be there. “But you’re always...
Not If I Save You First Great Choice for Holiday Reading
I dedicated the bulk of October to researching and outlining the next manuscript I planned to write. I’ve never been much of a “plotter”...
When the Mess Comes First
For the first time since April, cool weather descended on North Mississippi last week. Which means all our kids are either wearing pants...
I'm sorry I can't talk right now
I slogged to the kitchen five minutes after clicking off my alarm. Anxiousness gnawed my gut like an over achieving woodpecker. My...
What happened when we restricted electronics for nine weeks
Short story: we survived. Sorry for the click baity headline. We more than survived. My kid raised his grades, took an interest in two...
Free-Range Helicopter Parents -- a Gen Xer's Parenting Blend
This morning when I slid into my seat at Cracker Barrel for a networking breakfast the topic already turned to back to school. The first...
What kind of mother gets a call about her child's behavior the third week of kindergarten?
Well, there she is. My sweet, beautiful snowflake began school all starry eyed and excited. Well, maybe I was more excited than my child....
Calling a Truce in the Mom Wars
For years I felt like a failure because I couldn’t handle being a stay at home mom. Comments like “We’d live on bread and milk if that’s...
A Letter to My 20-Year-Old Self on my 40th Birthday
Hey Girl, (that’s how we talk now BTW. But we both know slang has never been our strong suit and, spoiler alert, that’s not going to...
What You Need to Know About Your Perfectionist Friend
I’ve been beating myself up for months over something I hard I needed to do. I called myself weak and let the anger and resentment simmer...
