I have been away from my TV career for almost 2 years now. For nearly 15 years, I woke up at 2:30 am, Monday-Friday. And most of those years I was in it, I was a Mom with little kids. Sleep was undervalued and lacking most of those years. I would try to play catch…
I worked in TV news for 15 years. I know what a headline is. I know what click bait is. I know what sells a story. The headline is everything. It captures a viewer, pulls them in. Once they are in, we tell the story. Hook em’ with a headline. Today, I am no longer…
Summer is here! Well, the unofficial start to summer that is but if you live in the desert like me, anything over 100 degrees warrants the start of summer. May and June in the valley of the sun aren’t the worst but as soon as late June rolls around and we push into July and…
I am a doer. I love a list. I love to check it off. I love to have a plan. I love to go to bed at night feeling accomplished. I like things in order. I like to work. I like structure. All of the above is good but for much of my life I…
If you ask me, I think the ultimate thing on a Mom’s list for Mother’s Day is this: Do nothing. Like literally nothing. I can not imagine that I am the only one who has this topping our list. We don’t want to prep a breakfast, clean the house for company, grocery shop for the…
I wandered Tar-Jay the other day and was drawn into the bright sign above the card aisle…”MOTHER’S DAY MAY 10″…yes, another one without her. I didn’t need to see the reminder because the reminder grows strong as the weeks lead up to this day. It has been nearly 13 years and I still struggle with…
Okay, let’s talk about something that hits the deepest part of my soul…my love for leggings. They are life. They are like a warm hug from Jesus Himself. And as we all stay put in our homes and no real need to put on a pair of pants or shorts with a button…leggings have become…
You are not alone. You are not alone. You are not alone. Right now, more than ever, people need to hear those words. They need them repeated over and over again. You are not the only Mom who has lost it on her kids 457 times this week. You are not the only one who…
I am almost 38 years old and it has taken me this many years to really figure this out. No, I don’t have life figured out but I do have ONE thing figured out and I like the way my life feels with it leading the way. What is that? Gratitude. A grateful heart. A…
I ran this race for way too long. The race of perfection. I am not sure how I even got myself into it. There was no bib number, no start line I remember beginning at but over the years the need for everything to be perfect grew STRONG. The desire to create a perfect schedule,…