My paternal Grandmother and I weren't particularly close. Situation and proximity saw to that; she enjoyed a much more fulfilling relationship with my cousins. As a child, that was hard to swallow. She rarely spelled my name correctly on birthday cards, and the one time a broken heart let my guard ... » Learn More about Light In the Window
Family Stuff
Parenting, marriage, faith, and funny (with a few rants thrown in for good measure).
I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!
Women waste too much time scrutinizing the crow's feet at the corners of our eyes. We're also quite good at making ourselves feel guilty when we don't measure up to the one-size-fits-all expectations that other people have set for us. Other people who, by the way, we've never even met. Can we just ... » Learn More about I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!
So You Want a Gun
Some say that death and taxes are the only absolutes in life, but my pelvic floor wants to weigh in on this. I never have to pee as badly as when I'm balancing milk on one hip, a toddler on the other, and repeatedly trying to open the front door with my car key. The new universal truths: death, ... » Learn More about So You Want a Gun
Listen To Your Mother: 2016 Pittsburgh Auditions
Some people look at the New Year as a blank slate, ready to write their own story. I am one of those people. I love the symbolic vat of opportunity that a new beginning brings, and this year, that vat has a name: Listen To Your Mother Pittsburgh. And speaking of symbolic, no one thing or person so ... » Learn More about Listen To Your Mother: 2016 Pittsburgh Auditions
The Perfect Holiday Gift For Baseball & Softball Coaches
You know how when you marry a person, you also marry that person's quirks and passions and annoying habits? Like I'm completely incapable of having a conversation before 7am, yet my husband put a ring on it. Bless his heart. And I willingly said "I do" to a baseball nut. In the dramatic throes of ... » Learn More about The Perfect Holiday Gift For Baseball & Softball Coaches