I’m a good person.  At least, I sure try to be.  I admire my parents’ never-ending generosity, patience, kindness and love, and I try to...

There is no phrase in the world I hate hearing more than, “I told you so.”  It’s awful!  It’s like nails on a chalkboard when I hear the...

Sometimes I think we should all walk around with signs around our necks.  This is not a unique idea.  I remember Jane suggesting this...

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

I’ve been moved to tears seeing the devastation Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have caused in this country these last couple weeks, as I know...

“Do you like where you keep your checkbook?” I asked my husband as I idly stirred some pasta on the stove.  “I’m going to organize the...

I always assumed that having kids would teach me how to love.  I just never imagined that parenthood would teach me how to love not just...

Are you sick and tired of the seemingly never-ending debate about healthcare in America?  I sure am!  For years, I’ve been following the...

It has been exactly six months since I have had a sip of alcohol.  I started drinking in college to be cool and to be happy.  I cut...

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...

I have a confession to make. When it comes to feeling good enough in my life, a big portion of my feeling of self-worth has always been...

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

I have a new rule for time management in 2016, and it’s a rule I plan to follow for the foreseeable future (or maybe even forever). This...

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...

Our society loves sports, and so do I. We love rallying behind our chosen team in solidarity against a common enemy. It can bridge great...

“Go Ahead – Buy it! You Deserve it!” When is a splurge worth it? And when is a splurge just an unnecessary extravagance? I’m writing this...

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...