I need a little help from my friends
(and if I win, Y’ALL win…!)
#M&MsGetCorny
You might not know this about me, but I'm competitive. Very. When I play, I play to win, no matter what the prize. Bragging rights, trophies, or dollars and cents, I'll use every resource at my disposal to win; or what's the point,...
Prohibition, liberty and consequences
31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 6
"The law gives strength to sin." I remember my friend Robin saying that to me years ago, presenting a Biblical explanation for why we want to tiptoe across lines as soon as they're drawn in the sand. Paul said it this way in 1 Corinthians...
Ten things
31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 5
A parenting series that doesn't build from one post to the next; rather, it's a collection of thoughts and advice from a mama who's been there, doing that, intended as encouragement, not dogma. I hope you'll check in every day to see if...
Sunshine in a Glass ~ Candy Corn Jell-o With M&M’s Candy Corn White Chocolate Candies
#MMsGetCorny
If you asked me to rank my top favorite candies, M&M's would make the short list. No wonder when I saw an opportunity with Collective Bias to come up with a recipe using a NEW M&M's candy sold only at Walmart–M&M’s Candy Corn White...
What happens when you write a parenting series….(at least it has a happy ending)
It's bound to happen; Murphy has a law that says so– You commit to writing 31 days in a row, something you haven't done in y.e.a.r.s.… And not just to write about anything, but to write about parenting… And not just about parenting, but...
Give ’em a push
31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 4
A parenting series that doesn't build from one post to the next; rather, it's a collection of thoughts and advice from a mama who's been there, doing that, intended as encouragement, not dogma. I hope you'll check in every day to see if I'm...
Scar’s redemption: the birth of a hero
J.R. Martinez
"…a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." — Christopher Reeve If given the choice, he would not ask for the life he's been given, but because he had no choice, he...
Tell ’em what they NEED to hear, not what they WANT to hear
31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 3
A parenting series that doesn't build from one post to the next; rather, it's a collection of thoughts and advice from a mama who's been there, doing that, intended as encouragement, not dogma. I hope you'll check in every day to see if I'm...