Life Musings
How to Get Skinny, Healthy, and Wise: Change Your Focus
How to Get Skinny, Healthy, and Wise: Change Your Focus Yeah, by now, two weeks into a new year… how many of you have thrown in the towel on all those fantastic resolutions? You don’t have to answer. As a matter of fact, don’t answer. Because that is not why I am here. I am…
Read MoreA Good Girl’s Guide to a New Year: First, Take a Shower
A Good Girl’s Guide to a New Year: First, Take a Shower Let me start by saying, I am not one of those whiney moms, drunk in my closet. Truly, I rarely drink. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I have had a glass of water in 28 days. That’s not entirely accurate. …
Read MoreThe Grocery Store Manifesto: All the People Must Eat
The Grocery Store Manifesto: All the People Must Eat I am a professional Mommy. No really, I have a bachelor’s degree in Family and Consumer Sciences. Yeah, Home Ec. But, I can’t sew. Sewing is not necessary anyway. No offense to those of you who do, truly, it is beyond me. Why craft what I…
Read MoreLoving Jesus Out Loud: The Soft Underbelly of Belief
Loving Jesus Out Loud: The Soft Underbelly of Belief My second book, Sacred Ground Sticky Floors just release.d I began this journey a mere three years ago. I know there are aspiring authors out there that just threw up a little. Hey, there are seasoned authors that just rolled their eyes in disgust and may…
Read MoreThe Thief of Comparison: Living Your Own Life
This is an excerpt from my new book! Sacred Ground Sticky Floors released on October 2, 2018!!!! Check out the GIVEAWAY BELOW!!! AND SPREAD THE WORD!!!!! Comparison… I sat across from the broken couple and listened to their apprehensions. I didn’t know them well, but I was honored to answer their questions about the adoption process. The woman held a worried-worn piece…
Read MoreListen! The Great Commandment & Strange Manicures in Bars
Listen! The Great Commandment & Strange Manicures in Bars Perhaps there is nothing more frustrating than being misunderstood, which is usually the by-product of not being heard. I admit, I struggle with ADHD, and I am easily distracted by my mind, shiny things, and tacos. This is a rally cry, so just listen… er, read…
Read MoreSeasonal Motherhood: Back to School
Seasonal Motherhood: Back to School The kids go back to school on Thursday. I feel aggrieved about this. I am a Monday start kind of gal. So, Thursday doesn’t really work for me. But no one asked me. Which is a shame. I know stuff. I have been doing this parenting gig for 23 plus…
Read MoreIf You Give a “Good” Christian Woman a Warm Chocolate Chip Cookie
If you give a good Christian woman a cookie… She will ponder her existence in Jesus. For if she is one with Jesus, she won’t need the cookie. She only needs Jesus. However, if you give a Christian woman and cookie, and it is chocolate chip… homemade, and it is still a little warm, and…
Read More#TexasStronger in 2018 – Y’all This is Home
2017 is one for the books. Hurricanes, world records, and mass shootings – we dry out, rebuild, celebrate, grieve and pray. Neck deep in the flood waters of hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in August and dumped a record 51.88 inches of rain in Cedar Bayou, Texas, we found ourselves rallying our bass boats and…
Read MoreAWWW BAHUMBUG! Three Ways to Survive a Not So Merry Holiday Season
AWWW BAHUMBUG! Three Ways to Survive a Not So Merry Holiday Season What is a mom is to do? Me personally? This year has been a humdinger. No, really. I mean this year is one for the books. Ah yes, I launched my first book… Stolen Jesus. I also turned in my second book; Sacred…
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