The Southern Way…
Blood and marriage are reason enough to gather on the hottest day of the year to celebrate family, for no other reason than that. It's the Southern Way. On a canvas of conversation broad-stroked with laughter, the fizzy flit of flies joins a threatening...
The Divine Picking of the Raspberries
When I close my eyes, for seconds we are Thelma and Louise rounding treacherous mountain curves but not running from anything or to anything, just two girls on the go. Sisters. Truth is, the curves are more beautiful than treacherous, and the only approximation to...
Your skin will never look better. Your pocketbook will never be happier
No one could have been more surprised than me to try a skincare product that made a difference the first time I tried it. But when I was asked to partner with Theraderm, first to host a Face 2 Face event in Chattanooga, then to write for their beauty site,...
On learning to be a mother
I will love the light for it shows me the way. Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars. Og Mandino It is sometimes in dark places I learn to become a mother. The lessons come quiet, and it is in the...
Chattanooga ~ This will have you sayin’ “Take me there!”
Residents who live in Chattanooga already know it's a magical place– But for the past year now, the word has been getting out to Atlanta, Birmingham, Huntsville, Knoxville, Nashville and beyond thanks to The Johnson Group, creators of...
20 ideas to put the sizzle in your Summer!
More than any other season, Summer makes me feel young. Maybe it’s nostalgic camp memories, or our tradition of family vacation, or great weather allowing more time outdoors, but Summer invites the kid in all of us to come out and play. I...
Some funny things I found on the internets
Surfing with Stumbleupon is like a kitten playing with a ball of yarn; it's funny to watch and you never know where it will land…as evidenced by the finds below (linked to their original URLs). ...
New York City in 48 hours
I really, truly want to hear from you… We're taking our three teens to the Big Apple this Summer, and we'll have about 2 1/2 days in the City that Never Sleeps ('cause honestly, who can afford to take a family to New York longer than...
Courageous
Mark Hall is awfully diplomatic in his new song Courageous, featured in the upcoming film of the same name. Its unspoken battle cry is more like Man! Up!! for goodness sakes! Clearly why I'm not a successful lyricist :). But if you read the...