I am such a blessed woman in that I have never had to think about healthcare until recently. My kids have always been covered and the only healthcare needs I have had were related to the births of my children. But as I shared with you in Feasting on the Bitter and the Sweet, my [...]

First off, I have to apologize for using the most overused title in all of women’s literature. For many reasons, this is a subject that is often discussed and will never be resolved. Women ask me all the time, “How do you do it all?” For the people who really know me, this is a [...]

Now that Christmas is behind us and all the crazy shopping is done, I feel like it is well past time to get down to real life and back to business. So here is a list of my favorite things. Like Oprah but no, not at all really. This is a group of real-life, every [...]

One of the best things about the Christmas season is the Holiday letter. I look forward to seeing which one of my friends will finally go up and over the top this year. They are full of staggering accomplishments and shameless bragging. I am surprised they don’t end with “Merry Christmas and top that if [...]

This time last year, I was happily preparing for a holiday season with all of my extended family. We had a great Thanksgiving and the best Christmas ever. I have two brothers and four sisters and we were all able to be together last Christmas. All twenty of the grandchildren were there as well. It [...]

I am a selfish, lazy mother. It’s true. Worse than that, I think you should be too. Any of you out there that are mothers or ever plan on being a mother, listen to what I have stumbled upon in my nearly twenty years of parenting.
There is a law of nature at work in all [...]

Even after being married and raising children for twenty years, writing about it is a daunting task. One would think that I am overflowing with opinions and suggestions, but as with most great things in life, so much of it is a blur. My column will not be an advice column, but more of a [...]