Watch Your Language

As parents, we are often correcting our children, telling them not to say something, no more potty talk, to “Watch your language!” But as adults, sometimes we need to check ourselves, to watch our OWN language. I’m not talking about swearing or...

Let It Go

No, this isn’t a post about the movie Frozen – of which I still have only seen the first two minutes and the last two minutes (usually I put on a movie so I can get some stuff done – rarely do I sit and watch with the kids, and if I do, then...

Sometimes We Think We’re Busy

We all have days or even weeks like this: the piles of laundry, the sink full of dishes, the unswept and unvacuumed floors, the unmade beds, the phone calls and emails to return, the deposits to be made and the checkbook to balance, the appointments to schedule, the...

Climbing for Hope and Recovery

Tomorrow morning the boys and I (all three – I’m including Will) are driving up to Lake Tahoe to hike a relatively easy (per the website) trail to Skunk Harbor. It’s 1.5 miles which will take us down to the Lake, and I’m hoping a pretty good...

My Authentic Heart

I haven’t written a blog post in a couple of weeks (three to be exact). The last one I wrote was about Mother’s Day. May has been an incredibly busy month, and no, that’s not an excuse, just sayin’ there’s been a lot going on. I am not...

Happy Mother’s Day – 2014!

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. A day dedicated to moms all over the world, and up in Heaven. A day where moms can hope and dream that they won’t have to lift a finger. A day where they won’t have to prepare a meal or wipe a bottom. A day where there is no...

Grocery Store Therapy

My focus the last several months has really been on getting my book done. The reading, editing, re-reviewing chapters; the cover design; the interior layout… all of it. It all takes time and energy and skill and knowledge – and thank goodness I have a team...

Sandra Yancey Told Me To…

This past Wednesday evening I had the pleasure of listening to Sandra Yancey, the CEO and Founder of eWomen Network, inspire over a hundred women, and a few males, at the monthly accelerated networking dinner for the Reno/Carson/Tahoe chapter. I had been looking...

Milestones in a Nutshell

It’s been a while since I’ve written about the milestones my boys have achieved lately. I used to be so good (obsessed maybe? no, not me!) about writing them all down – and then, well, then life really started getting good! I used to document every...

Do You Have Hope?

Hope. Small word. Big meaning. What does hope mean for you? What do you feel when you have hope? What do you feel when hope is gone, lost, absent from your life? This word – HOPE – has been showing up in my life a lot lately. It was the basis of several...