Speaking Up is Hard To Do?
I know that speaking up is hard to do. I think it’s only in recent years when I have actually found my voice and started speaking up more–especially when anything happens around my three-year-old...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes
One of my bucket list items was crossed off last year when my daughter got married. I had dreamed of this day since she was born, even imaging her future husband and the ceremony. Blah, blah, blah. It...
View ArticleTop 8 Practical Ways to Make #LikeAGirl A Great Thing
There’s been a rather disturbing video going around Facebook and Twitter the last couple days. It’s an ad by Always, and it’s showing how the words #LikeaGirl often give a negative connotation. I have...
View ArticleProject Unbreakable Is Something We All Should Read
I’ve said it about many issues in the world–education is the key. You can start solving many unbelievable problems in the world by educating yourself and your family. If we choose to turn our heads or...
View ArticleHelping Out a Family in Need After a Tragedy
I am in a wonderful mom’s group in St. Louis called MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers). One of the moms in the group had a friend who recently died after being stung by bees. Here are some Facebook posts...
View ArticleMemoir Writer Paige Strickland on Her Book About Adoption
Today, we welcome Paige Strickland to discuss her memoir, Akin to the Truth, while she is on her WOW! Women On Writing blog tour. This is a beautiful book about Paige’s search for her biological...
View ArticleHow Accidental Lessons Change My Life by David W. Berner
“How Accidental Lessons Change My Life” by David W. Berner I was scheduled to read from Any Road Will Take You There–my latest memoir–at a literary event recently, and Mike O’Mary of Dream of Things...
View ArticleSetting Boundaries: Why Is It Hard?
I seem to be asking a lot of questions lately–hard questions that don’t have easy answers, like the post about whether books need romance or at the very least, realistic teen romance. Why is realistic...
View ArticleSetting Boundaries: It’s the holidays
This morning, I was behind someone’s grandma (you’ll see why I call her that in a minute) at Panera Bread, and she knew the cashier personally. As they were wrapping up the order, Grandma says to...
View ArticleBe Unique
The first part of my new tagline is BE UNIQUE. I think it is possibly one of the hardest things to do in a world where people who are truly unique are often criticized, bullied, and in some...
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