I grew up with these two icons, just like so many of YOU…
{Ugh…I can't believe THIS is my post in BlogHer's current post in their rotation :/. Don't you wish you could choose? PLEASE,, or or …! THANKS! LET ME KNOW YOU STOPPED BY VIA BLOGHER!!}} Farrah was the poster girl of my...
How should parents respond if their child disrupts an “adult” event?
"If you can't say anything nice,don't say anything at all!"~ Every mother on the planet Rare have I written anything offensive and I hope never divisive, but sometimes I feel like I've failed in blogging because I've never received a...
Birthday Boy
Happy 15th to my first-born son, middle child, and testosterone-equivalent of me. That, alone, gives me a much-needed edge :). It seems like just yesterday you were sweating in Wrangler cowboy jeans, lugging Woody around and wreaking havoc as a terrible...
home alone
Interminable quiet bears witness to my house's 327-pound weight loss this week: my children are scattered like birds leaving the nest. Like the paradox of deafening silence, their absence is more conspicuous than their presence. Almost. It's a...
P.S. I love you
"The only difference between men and boysis the size of their toys."~ Author unknown The other day I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw the most darling wind-up toy on the planet. The only thing it was missing was an elephant head sized white bow...
Get! Out!! ARE YOU STINKIN’ KIDDING ME???!!!!
For all you Twitter naysayers? Sometimes it PAYS TO TWEET! I’ve been acquainted with Squarespace since before I started blogging; two friends who introduced me to blogging used their platform. When I decided to start my own, I...
Fathers and daughters
{Originally published as a three-part series in September 2007, this is one of those posts that “someone” needs to read; I just wish I knew who…. If you’ve struggled with the relationship you share with your father (or mother), it could be...
Saturday Shorts & Shout Outs
Because I'm one of Paula Deen's BFFs, she "offered" me use of her Tybee Island beach retreat. In fact, she trusts me enough that she allowed me to pass along her rental information to my awesome readers (and in case you suspect, this is NOT...