When I was pregnant with my first child, Zach, I made a statement that came back to haunt me. It was in response to the outpouring of unsolicited advice I received from experienced parents. Parents who’ve been around the block a few times tend to offer a lot of advice to newbies: “Put a hat [...]

The column that ran on our 21st wedding anniversary, January 15th. Twenty one years ago today, I stood before a handful of friends and family in a little church and said, “I do” to the man of my dreams. Except, he wasn’t exactly the man of my dreams. That guy I fantasized about for so [...]

Not to start the New Year off on a downer, but I just read the first blog post I made in 2011 and realized how poorly I did at meeting the goals I set for myself 12 months ago. Someone once said that New Year Resolutions were just a “to-do” list for the first week [...]

I know this probably sounds strange, but one of the most profound moments of my entire Christmas season happened while I was in the kitchen, making candy. I make a mean peppermint bark. It’s basically crushed peppermint candies mixed into melted white chocolate, then broken into chunks after being spread out and cooled. I also [...]

This column, my annual “Night Before Christmas-ish” poem, ran in the December 21st edition of The Covington News.   ‘Tis just before Christmas, and here in my house I hurry and scurry, like a fat little mouse. The stockings are hung by the chimney, but bare— Oh where did I put what I bought to [...]