Uncategorized What if…We Remember to be Grateful? 23 May 202023 May 2020 It's effortless to complain, isn't it? 😞Sometimes, that grumbling reaction is the first one to the surface. As the saying goes- been there, done that. Some days seem to have…
Uncategorized What If…We Spend This Time Thinking 17 Apr 202025 Apr 2020 What if we keep doing our 🌟best? I posed that question last Sunday. What does that mean to you? What is our 🌟best? Your 🌟best? My 🌟best? I felt that…
Uncategorized What If…We Just Keep Doing Our Best 17 Apr 202019 Apr 2020 I don't really have some big picture post this week with connections to life and 💪health and 😍happiness. Honestly, I'm doing the same thing you're doing- just getting through this…
Uncategorized What If…We Focused on the Same Goal 9 Apr 202012 Apr 2020 It was March 13, 2020, when I wrote about my grandmother's experience with the 😷Spanish Flu way back in 1918. I was 📝working on another piece for my weekly Sunday…
Uncategorized What If…We Work Together? 20 Mar 20206 Jun 2020 These last few days have been a 🎢rollercoaster ride. I don't need to tell you that. The scariest thing is that we can't get off. It's like we had a…
Uncategorized What If…Everyone Cheered for Something? 1 Feb 20202 Feb 2020 It's been a whole lot of fun to jump onto my social media accounts over the past couple of weeks. Missourians are 🎉loud and proud for the Chiefs. The fans…
Uncategorized What If…We Remembered to Say Thank You 19 Jan 202019 Jan 2020 I'm big on the idea of saying the words. 💖THANK YOU! I say thank you to my husband when he 🍽cooks dinner. He's a much better cook than I am,…
Uncategorized New Year, New Decade, New YOU 1 Jan 2020 Happy New Year! Happy New Decade! Can you believe that it's 2020? As a kid, I couldn't imagine the year 2020. I was born in 1963. Just the 2000s seemed…
Uncategorized Self-Care Sunday: Look for the Beauty 22 Dec 201922 Dec 2019 My husband and I had to divide and conquer💪🏻 this weekend. One kid was graduating from college in Arkansas while another was playing in a Premier Series volleyball🏐 tournament in…
Uncategorized Thanks, Living the Second Act 26 Nov 2019 You guys- guess what? I am beyond excited to announce that Living the Second Act website asked me to write an article about my book! I've told you all about Lifeguard, which…
Uncategorized Self-Care Sunday: Celebrate Love 12 Oct 201913 Oct 2019 I'm sitting here in a freezing cold venue waiting for photos to begin. Our son is marrying 💍his bride in just a couple of hours. He's my oldest stepson. I…
Uncategorized Don’t Be Afraid to Do the Work 4 Oct 2019 When I wrote my book, LIFEGUARD, I specifically wanted it to be a book and workbook in one. My vision was for readers to learn about my personal struggles and…
Uncategorized Kindness is Contagious 18 Sep 2019 Have you ever had something turn out exactly like you hoped it would? I had that happen today, and I'm still smiling! You may have read in an earlier post…
Uncategorized Self-Care Sunday: Community 15 Sep 201915 Sep 2019 I know that self-care kind of sounds like things you do BY yourself. But- it is really things you do FOR yourself. Being a part of a community is a…
Uncategorized Devastating Loss Brings Outpouring of Love 7 Sep 2019 Kids aren't supposed to die. Kids most certainly aren't supposed to die from cardiac arrest following an asthma attack at a high school football practice. Yet, that's exactly what happened…
Uncategorized Self-Care Sunday: Be Still 1 Sep 2019 Have you ever noticed how much better you feel when you give yourself a moment? A moment to pray?🙏🏻A moment to meditate?😍A moment to gather your thoughts?🤔There’s power in stillness. It’s…
Uncategorized Self-Care Sunday 25 Aug 2019 I love the idea of slowing down to focus on myself. I'm trying-honestly, I'm trying. It's just that life moves so fast, and I'm involved in so many moving pieces.…
Uncategorized First Week of School 17 Aug 2019 Classes started for the kiddos in my school district this week. You know what that means, right? It means that students packed their bags with new school supplies. It means…
Uncategorized Finding Happiness 2 Aug 2019 When I wrote my book, LIFEGUARD, I explored many things to learn more about myself. The first thing that I dove into was the notion of happiness. I just wanted…
Uncategorized I Hope I’m THAT Teacher 31 Jul 2019 When the new school year starts in a couple of weeks, it will be my 30th year in the classroom. THIRTY YEARS! That equals thousands of souls that I have…
