Words matter.
Clean Slate
I used to wish I could expunge my past---erase every mistake, every humiliation and every thing negative about my life. A clean slate.
I used to wish I could expunge my past—erase every mistake, every humiliation and every thing negative about my life. A clean slate.
The Real Talk Kind of Mom
I am not in the parenting business to make friends, and I am okay not doing what other parents do.
I am not in the parenting business to make friends, and I am okay not doing what other parents do.
The Man That Stays
A love letter to my husband.
A love letter to my husband.
Keep Watering the Dead Plants
For the better part of the past few years I have made a choice to choose happiness and to be a kinder more loving person.
For the better part of the past few years I have made a choice to choose happiness and to be a kinder more loving person.
We Got Married on New Year’s Eve
In our living room, wearing slippers. Fuzzy leopard slippers no less.
In our living room, wearing slippers. Fuzzy leopard slippers no less.
Baseball Diamonds Need Home Base
Being a mom of a child who plays sports is much more than practices, games, snacks and dirty uniforms.
Being a mom of a child who plays sports, is much more than practices, games, snacks and dirty uniforms.
You Deserve Better
Some of us are raised with such convoluted ideals of what is expected and acceptable in relationships.
Some of us are raised with such convoluted ideals of what is expected and acceptable in relationships.
Hollywood, Hot and Outspoken Leading My Way
In the shower this morning, I found myself thinking about the same three women I am always intrigued by: Marilyn Monroe, Mae West and Elizabeth Taylor.
In the shower this morning, I found myself thinking about the same three women I am always intrigued by: Marilyn Monroe, Mae West and Elizabeth Taylor.
Walk All Over Me
Sometimes I’m genuinely intrigued by people who perceive me as defenseless or even a pushover.
Sometimes I’m genuinely intrigued by people who perceive me as defenseless or even a pushover.
Ditch the Shame
So many people are stuck in this “show” life. They are always “on”, they always have it figured out and they are always “fine.”
So many people are stuck in this “show” life. They are always “on”, they always have it figured out and they are always “fine.”
It Starts At Home
What would you do or say if I called you right now and said your child told my child to kill themself today?
What would you do or say if I called you right now and said your child told my child to kill themself today?
9 Secrets Your Spouse’s Ex May Not Tell You
Would it surprise you to find out that you put up with more than you have to, simply because the ex says you do?
Would it surprise you to find out that you put up with more than you have to, simply because the ex says you do?
Am I a Product of Reverse Psychology?
Do you ever feel as if you do not have a place, a place of origin, a true place to call home, an explanation to the whys and who’s of what made the person you have become?
Do you ever feel as if you do not have a place, a place of origin, a true place to call home, an explanation to the whys and who’s of what made the person you have become?
Divorce and the Stepmom
Have you ever awoke from a dream that was so intense and real that your heart breaks as you open your eyes?
Have you ever awoke from a dream that was so intense and real that your heart breaks as you open your eyes?
5 Stepfamily Myths Busted
Love your stepchildren/stepparents as best as you can, if you have to fake it at first, do that. If it's not there, respect them.
Love your stepchildren/stepparents as best as you can, if you have to fake it at first, do that. If it’s not there, respect them.