Dear Darlings, “I’m just so busy.” Recently I received an email response from a mom with whom I will be volunteering at an event we both signed… Read more “So Busy”

Dear Darlings, Sometimes in life, you have to turn to outside sources for help. My blog has been morphing for many years now. It started as a… Read more “Prompting my way outta fear”

Dear Darlings, I have to tell you a story about a little sister who used glitter and glue to help one of her brothers soar. Once upon… Read more “The Little Sister with Glitter and Glue”

Dear Darlings,Very rarely do I venture into the realm of politics. I don’t usually go there because it’s not in my wheelhouse. I’m not a political writer,… Read more “Disgraceful Choices”

Dear Darlings, Okay, so maybe “Saint Lucas” is a stretch, but did you ever see the movie St. Vincent with Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy? Bill Murray plays Vincent… Read more “Saint Lucas”

Dear Darlings, 20 years ago today was the scariest day of my life. Let me set the stage… Dun, dun, dun ~ A couple barrels into a… Read more “20 Years”

Dear Darlings, A few days ago I stumbled across an article written by Martha MacCallum. (In can you don’t know who she is, she’s a news anchor… Read more “A Gentleman”

Dear Darlings, Almost two years ago to the day, I wrote a blog called “He Forgot One.” And almost a month ago, I wrote another one called Five… Read more “Mercy”

Dear Darlings, Last week, high on my To Do list was to try something new. So I did. I stepped so far out of my comfort zone… Read more “The Badass”

The athlete, the rule follower, the good student, the one who did everything right and nothing wrong, the firstborn…the perfect one. That’s how Lucas and Claire refer… Read more “The Perfect One”