This month I thinking about "making-the-grade" as I podcast.  How I can do a better job of measuring up to standards of excellence in my life and how I can encourage others to do the same. Where best to look through [...]
I have been feeling a little under the weather. And I don’t mean in a physical sense. I have been fighting. Fighting me. One day I’ll write more about this life-long struggle to keep my head above water. But the [...]
I have been a mother just about as long as I've been an adult. Of all the jobs I've had and all the things I've done, motherhood has been the role I've held the longest. As I look back over [...]
Sometimes you plan. I booked my flight. I carefully decided on the best time to leave given when I needed to arrive and what worked best for my family schedule. I booked the hotel room and worked really hard to find [...]
Women need love. Men need respect. Many of us have heard that over and over again, but what does that mean? I coerced convinced my husband to join me for a podcast after so many of you have asked me to [...]
Earlier this week, we were invited to visit a local T.V. station. Â A mutual friend of my sister and I thought we might want to bring our collective group of six boys for the recording of a show about animals. [...]
I have had the pleasure of knowing Sally Clarkson for some time. She has been a blessing to me in my motherhood journey as I've attended her conferences, read her books, and gotten to know her personally. Over the years, [...]
The holidays is a wonderful time of celebration. There are lots of things to do, people to see, and places to go. The holidays can also be a stressful time. Enter. Mrs. Claus. My mother, Lois Evans, is the most [...]
How do you live well on empty? How can you live well when you feel as if you have nothing else to give? How can you live well when more is needed but you don't have more to give? You [...]
 It’s easy to “turn it on". It's easy to be kind to everybody else. It’s true. I find myself examining that reality. At times, showing kindness to a complete stranger may be easier than offering a kind word to [...]
