Dear Dad, Tomorrow is your 70th birthday!!! It is strange because I honestly consider you to be more in your 50s than turning 70 (although that is… Read more “Happy 70th Dad!”
It started with a ponytail
When I was little I was a bit of a girly girl. I wanted everything to match. My mom told me I wanted my dress to match… Read more “It started with a ponytail”
Dear Skip Bayless,
Dear Skip Bayless, It is clear you have no clue today is World Suicide Prevention Day, or that you even care. It is also clear you have… Read more “Dear Skip Bayless,”
Getting back, yet not forgetting
Tuesday I go back, physically, to the office for the first time since leaving on March 13. This is a day I have been longing for… dreaming… Read more “Getting back, yet not forgetting”
All the little choices
Tonight we were driving down I35 from Keller to Round Rock. As we got to Belton, my mind raced back to 1998… We were driving on I35… Read more “All the little choices”
Dear Amy Leigh,
Dear Amy Leigh, In the next three days, there are so many milestones. Tomorrow Keaton starts first grade. Friday you turn 41. Saturday will be 22 years… Read more “Dear Amy Leigh,”
Dear Public School Parent
Dear Public School Parent, I know you are scared, I know you are stressed, I know you want answers… guess what? I do too. While I work… Read more “Dear Public School Parent”
The Paradox of a Working Mom
Blame it on Baby Boom in 1987 starring Diane Keaton or the struggle of my mom having no identity outside of being a wife and mom, but… Read more “The Paradox of a Working Mom”
Life lessons through fishing…
I grew up in a family where both sets of grandparents fished… it is just what we did. My paternal grandparents died much earlier than my maternal… Read more “Life lessons through fishing…”
Why are we surprised? We are selfish.
Each day I am greeted with headlines about the rise of COVID cases in the United States. I am bombarded with posts on social media about how… Read more “Why are we surprised? We are selfish.”
