Enough.

Enough.

Not another one.  I whispered that to myself while I was in the waiting room of a doctor’s office. “Dan James Richards, of Creston, died on May 30 at the age of 16.” Dan ended his life after being bullied…relentlessly. The rest of the obituary...
All about the LIKES

All about the LIKES

I have hit the age where nearly everything that comes out of my mouth to my kids starts with: “when I was your age.” I still don’t have the story that ends with me walking 10 miles…uphill…in a blizzard like my Dad did. But my kids...
Count to 10…

Count to 10…

This was me yesterday. There I am in an extreme close-up…holed up in a public restroom. Why? It was either that or let my temper and “choice” words get the best of me. This is called growth 😉 So I went to count to 10 in order to find my zen. Long...

Just wing it.

I have a new mantra that I will repeat to myself every day this summer: “Just wing it. It’s all good, mama.” I don’t know about you, but every year at this exact time, I try morph into a combo of Perfect Polly & Carol Brady to plan the...

After 40…

A friend of mine in her early 30s found her first signs of crows feet. By her reaction I didn’t know if she needed talked off the ledge or a bottle of wine. She jokingly asked me, “Is it all downhill from here?” When it comes to fine lines and gravity…yes. Yes it is 😉...