Uncategorized How About a New Book? 28 Nov 202028 Nov 2020 Hello there, friends! It's that time of year! Time to pick the perfect presents- and Small Business Saturday! If you're searching for unique gifts for those special people in your…
Uncategorized What If…Our Positivity is Authentic 21 Nov 202021 Nov 2020 I belong to a Facebook group of educators across Missouri who share tips, tricks, 🎉celebrations, and 😵frustrations of teaching during a pandemic. There was a post the other day that…
Uncategorized What If…Practice Introspection 17 Oct 202017 Oct 2020 I was 👟running on the trail when I started to smell smoke. It's not uncommon to smell smoke from a barbecue or the smell of a woodpile 🔥burning. It wasn't…
Uncategorized What If…Remember Our Mindset 10 Oct 202011 Oct 2020 I woke up the other day thinking it was Friday. 🎉For folks who work those Monday through Friday weeks, you know what I'm talking about. It feels good😍 to wake…
Uncategorized What If…We Find Calm 26 Sep 202027 Sep 2020 I've noticed that I feel 🌅calm, and that sounds a little crazy to me, given this 👻insane year. 2020 hasn't been what any of us would have expected. There is…
Uncategorized WhatIf…We Remember All of the Days 5 Sep 20205 Sep 2020 Ken and I forgot our 💍anniversary one year. It was the year of the Joplin tornado, and our anniversary fell during those first days after the storm. There was so…
Uncategorized What It…We Listen 3 Jun 20207 Jun 2020 When I wrote my 📚book (LIFEGUARD- available on Amazon), I dedicated a few sections to 💖kindness. In one chapter, I told a story about an encounter with a woman during…
Uncategorized What If…Fame and Money Didn’t Matter 21 Feb 202023 Feb 2020 I love to read about the 💰rich and 💫famous. I enjoy photos of their homes and stories about their lives off the court or out of the studio. I get…
Uncategorized What If…We Took That Risk? 15 Feb 202016 Feb 2020 There's a line in my self-help book that goes like this: While I realize that I am most definitely in my own way, I continue to find it difficult to move…
Uncategorized What If…One Thing Opened the Door 8 Feb 20209 Feb 2020 Angelina plays in a premier 🏐volleyball team, and she's the only kid from her high school on the team. Except for a couple girls, all of the girls are students…
Uncategorized What If…I Stopped Obsessing About Change 2 Jan 20205 Jan 2020 It's 2020!🎉I've had a few days to adjust to the new year/decade. Do you remember the days of writing checks and feeling the need to concentrate on writing the accurate…
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: Spend Time with People You Love 28 Dec 201929 Dec 2019 Ever since our oldest daughter did an internship after college graduation at Disney World in ☀️Orlando, we have been spending Christmas in the Most Magical Place on 🌎Earth. That first…
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 Self-Care Sunday: Take Your Medicine 14 Dec 201915 Dec 2019 It's that time of year! No- not THAT time of year. I'm talking about cold and flu season. 😷I'm a public school teacher, so I live in germs every day.…
Uncategorized Self-Care Sunday: Chill Out 28 Nov 20191 Dec 2019 My birthday 🎂 was the day before Thanksgiving. It was the day I was born in more than one way. I was actually born on the day before🦃 Thanksgiving, so…
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: Give Back 23 Nov 201924 Nov 2019 I'm a firm believer in the whole notion that you get what you give in life. A favorite line from an old Beatles song goes like this: "the love you…
Uncategorized Self-Care Sunday: Set a Goal 9 Nov 20191 Dec 2019 My husband is a goal setter. Ken's also a goal-getter.🏆He doesn't just think about his goals. He acts on them. He's one of those guys who can't rest until it's…
Uncategorized Self-Care Sunday: Let It Be 1 Nov 20193 Nov 2019 I've always loved music 🎸by The Beatles, but I haven't listened to much of it lately. Sir Paul McCartney was a guest on 📺The Late Show recently. His discussion with…