February 2, 2023January 24, 2023
I’m 49 today, but oddly I feel like that sounds young. (Don’t worry my teenage children – I know I’m old.) I read somewhere that everyone thinks the milestone years...
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May 13, 2022May 18, 2022
Times are stressful – pandemic, inflation, social unrest. Earlier this month, while teaching a workshop about storytelling during conference in San Antonio, I sat in on a panel about simple...
December 31, 2021December 31, 2021
Are you one of those people who writes out New Year resolutions? I remember sitting with my mom at the kitchen table, watching her smoke a cigarette and write three...
February 18, 2021
The heat had already been off intermittently for 48 hours. We were huddled, the four of us, in the upstairs loft because it was the warmest place in the house....
June 28, 2020
I was seven years old and celebrating my First Communion, a big deal if you’re an Irish Catholic girl. You get to wear a beautiful white dress and a veil...
May 2, 2020
Dear Quarantine Diary, The lockdown is semi-officially over in Texas. Restaurants and retail stores can open again at 25% capacity (50% capacity if you’re located in an area with fewer...
March 27, 2020
It was in early February when my father-in-law became obsessed with the coronavirus. He lives in California and is fond of conspiracy theories and had been telling anyone who would...
March 19, 2020March 22, 2020
COVID-19 has changed our daily routine for the foreseeable future. Many schools across the nation have been shut for weeks and there are rumblings of some states, including Texas where...
March 8, 2020
The Coronavirus is a large family of viruses that can affect people and animals. In people it causes respiratory infections from the common cold to MERS and SARS, to influenza...
January 4, 2020January 5, 2020
Have you ever asked yourself, “When does the craziness end? When do I get time for me again?” I’m at that point right now. I’m the co-chair of the Women’s...
November 26, 2019
There is a trending thing going around Facebook right now where you post a picture of yourself in 2009 alongside one in 2019. Oh the difference a decade can make!...
May 15, 2019September 18, 2019
Here’s The Dirty Dancing Video I’ve been waiting 32 years to post this video!!! For my 45th Annual Birthday Scare my husband and I learned the final dance from the...
April 22, 2019September 18, 2019
I’ve been remiss in my blogging duties, but in my defense I’ve been binge watching all the previous seasons of Game of Thrones, because priorities. There are two main problems...
March 14, 2019September 18, 2019
The gossip at the gym is in a tizzy over the college bribery scandal that snared over 750 families and arrested rich parents, coaches and administrators who were involved in...
February 2, 2019
If you follow my blog or read my book “She’s Losing It!” then you know that every year for my birthday I do something outside of my comfort zone to...
December 30, 2018
As one year comes to a close and another year stretches out before us with unseen possibilities, challenge yourself to live your dreams. This doesn’t necessarily mean to quit your...
