I won't bore you with the story of a friendship that went sour.
I'm not here to convince you that I was right, or that they were wrong. Most of us can admit that at some point we have felt...
Dear Friend,
As Thanksgiving is getting close, I am in the spirit of gratitude. I practice gratitude daily but I do not always express it out loud. In this time of gratitude, I want to take the time to thank...
I was just minding my business, and you sat by me. A typical day at the park with my boys watching them sliding, and throwing dirt ... typical boy stuff.
Thinking to myself: "Have I found a new mom friend?"
You...
Exactly one week after we got married, my husband and I said goodbye to both sets of parents, packed up all of our belongings and drove from Dallas to New Orleans, our new home for the next four years...
Another Christmas season has passed and, as you take a moment to breathe, you realize you forgot to send out Christmas cards. Or maybe (like I did last year) you ordered them and left them on a counter never...
Your friend just had a baby, and you're going visit her and meet her newest family member. Do you bring something? Not bring something? A gift for her or the baby? These are all things I ask myself before...
This year's New Year's resolution went beyond my usual short-lived promises to stop biting my nails or eat better. I vowed to make new friends. You wouldn't think this would need to be a conscious effort, but it was...
We have all heard the expression “It takes a village!” when it comes to raising our kids. But what happens when your village is small? What happens when you look around and everyone seems to have a huge tribe...
My phone buzzed with a text from an old friend: “You have to come to Kansas! I’m engaged!”
The two-week-old pile of laundry glared at me. My mind was full of an already full to-do list: work projects, forms to...
I have struggled with loneliness off and on over the years. Before I had children I struggled some, but more so since having them. The truth is I don’t admit to many people that I struggle with loneliness because...
The year was 1992, and I was 10 years old and about to ride in my first parade as a tomato. I rode with my grandma on Mardi Gras Day in one of the very loud truck parades that...
Why does Valentine’s Day get so easily overlooked?
Is it because it usually falls around a busy Mardi Gras season? Are we just too occupied with planning parade routes, getting fitted for ball gowns, decorating shoebox floats, stuffing our faces...
Are you the kind of person who heeds advice or do you have to learn the lesson the hard way? If you are the latter, we are one in the same, sister. My beyond amazing husband, who is 21...
"Tough it out."
"Be a Man."
"Punch him."
Aggression in boys and men is widely discussed. We are all informed of it and we know what it looks like. We know that we live in a culture that has encouraged physical aggression...