When humans first starting chucking golf balls around for fun, golf balls looked quite different than they do today. They were shiny and...

I’ve always wanted to be accepted exactly as I am. I have said that I want someone to love me, warts and all. I also want to be perfect....

“I just need to figure out what I want to do.” “I just don’t understand what they meant by that.” “I don’t know what I feel!” “I need...

Visualization is quickly becoming one of the most practical spiritual tools out there, with high performing leaders such as Oprah...

I’m going to open up and tell you all something I’ve never told anyone before.  I’ve never told anyone because I’m guessing it’s a little...

There are 7 ½ school days left until summer.  Normally, at this time of year, I’m a bit of a mess.  I’m a stay-at-home mom to two young...

I am a good girl.  I have always prided myself in following the rules, doing what others expect of me, and keeping my word.  Maybe that’s...

Sometimes the greatest blessings can come from the simplest and even messiest moments.  That was certainly true for me this morning. I...

If I’ve spent my life trying to be accepted, why have I never felt accepted?  As it turns out, it appears as if I’ve been making a giant...

I have a lengthy set of notes stored in my iPhone that I use specifically to keep track of facts that I can use in fictitious arguments...

When we think of gratitude we often gravitate toward giving thanks to the people and things that have made our lives better – usually the...

Have you ever looked at young child and thought, “I wish I had a fraction of the energy that kid has?”  Kids seem to have a never-ending...

“I LOVE basketball,” The Professor grandly announced from the confines of his car seat. “I want to basketball again, Mommy!  Not just at...

Not too long ago, a friend of mine was preparing to go on maternity leave when a coworker asked her, “Are you looking forward to your...

It’s Monday night. After an hour and a half of chopping, boiling and grilling (spaced in between missing-toy-train-reconnaissance...

When I was single (a time that spanned almost three decades), I had many opportunities to spend Christmas and New Year’s Eve (not to...

It was 12:45 a.m., and my husband, Lancelot, and I were stuck in the Charlotte airport. Our flight to Dayton had been cancelled and we...

I’m a planner. I’m a planner by nature, by necessity and even by profession, having planned and executed several fundraisers and events...

My most desperate moment of thankgiving didn’t happen in November. It was a winter evening in 2003, maybe February or March, with the...

I was recently reading a book by Gary Zukav, “Soul to Soul,” and I came across a few interesting passages about people-pleasing. In the...