Life Musings
You Probably Need Counseling…
“I probably need counseling,” and my daughter and I said, “Yes, you do,” too quickly and simultaneously. Which was awkward. And then my mom said, “Nah. It’s way too late for that.” No, really, it’s not. And this isn’t a jab at my mom. She knows she needs counseling. I think we all do. Wait,…
Read MoreFacebook: Ten Years Ago Today
Leave it to Facebook to remind me what I looked like or where I was, last year, and the years before. This week I will be 48. And, having arrived at 48, it doesn’t seem very old. However, I remember thinking that it was. As much as it irks me some days, Facebook birthdays are…
Read MoreFashioned by Him: Life in Clothes
For someone who loves clothes and shiny things, I find myself with nothing to wear. Actually, I have clothes, a lot of clothes. However, although for a good portion of my life my wardrobe was perpetually covered in the stains of motherhood, you know, spit-up, sticky handprints, and miscellaneous cheese food, my current wardrobe is…
Read MoreWell, Girl: Life’s not Fair
Well, Girl: Life’s not Fair Life’s not fair. I could stop there, no explanation is needed right? Because I would bet money that there is no one the planet that hasn’t been exposed to things that just don’t make sense in the world of right and fair. And, after school clothes shopping with my seventeen-year-old…
Read MoreThe Difference: Wishing, Praying, and Believing
The Difference: Wishing, Praying, and Believing There is a difference between wishing, praying and believing. For years I somehow bundled these things. Only recently have I categorized them as separate and the difference is stark. At our house, school started this week. And it was a hard week. The biggest difference between meet the…
Read MoreThe Mom Car: Where Coolness and Life Collide
The Mom Car: Where Coolness and Life Collide Remember, remember the deep unquenchable need, the need for speed? Truthfully, there was only .000005% of the population of teenage girls that were granted that most coveted of wishes, a pink Camaro with vanity plates, secretly staged in the driveway. We imagined a big red bow, for…
Read MoreJesus Be All Over You, and You Too
The first time I said, “Jesus be all over you,” in public, I think I was on a Facebook live. Actually, I have said it to my kids for years. And my mom always said, “Lord be with you.” Truth be told, I always answered back, “Thanks.” And my family answers back the same, “Thanks.”…
Read MoreDoing What You Were Created to Do: Living Marvelously
Doing What You Were Created to Do: Living Marvelously So, I feel pretty confident that I could be a marvelous travel blogger. Although, no one is paying me to go on cruises. I have never endorsed a suitcase or hiking sandal. Honestly, I would be an excellent official spokesperson for Xanax. Alas, I am just…
Read MoreGrief Relief: When You Can Talk About “It” and Do Laundry Too
Grief Relief: When You Can Talk About “It” and Do Laundry Too You may not be ready to hear this, but that’s okay. I wasn’t ready to say it, until just now. It came without warning. There wasn’t a day marked on the calendar. We weren’t waiting for it, honestly, I figured it was just…
Read More“Dude!?!?!” and Other Inappropriate “Prayers” I Say to Jesus
“Dude!?!?!” and Other Inappropriate Things I Say to Jesus Here among the humans, which call me mommy, mom, Baby, Jami-Jo, and ‘Muuuuther,” insert premenstrual 16-year-old insolence, I am well known. They know. And the stuff they know, some of you know too. Because I am known for being… candid. Perhaps too much so, according to…
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