A friend, who knows my favorite reading topics include self-improvement and parenting, sent me the title of a book this past spring she thought I should check out.  American Girls: Social Media and th ...

Brigham and I recently drove to Texas Tech for his freshman registration and orientation. It’s hard to believe child number three has successfully moved through high school and into the next phase of ...

I believe our paths cross with others through Divine design.  A few months ago, a woman reached out to me about a book she’d recently contributed to and she wondered (since she had heard I lead bimont ...

I want to say they come out of nowhere, but I would be lying.  They are in fact, quite predictable.   An event, a ceremony, or when for-whatever-reason my son or daughter is on a stage.  Always at the ...

I am in the middle of a certification course to become a parent coach. What is a “parent coach”? Well, it’s someone so passionate about supporting moms and dads through the inevitable struggles and ch ...

I believe the words we use can be an invitation to our future.  In other words, how we speak has the ability to influence the direction of our life. For example, a couple of years ago my husband and I ...

So much to do, so little time…As I sit here in front of my computer, fueling myself with Monster and a large chocolate brownie, I begin to wonder how much of my anxiety is self-imposed, and how much c ...

This morning I walked into our development’s amenities building to find, taped to each set of doors, a picture of four young people (sitting on a bench inside said building) with a caption that read, ...

I don’t often watch the local or national news.  Not because I’m too busy, or because I’d rather live with my head buried in the sand, but because I think we tend to reflect what we ingest.  And, beca ...

A few weeks ago, my ten-year-old daughter and I were in the Kohls checkout line when we noticed her kindergarten teacher was right behind us. After exchanging greetings, I noticed there was an Elf on ...