Lifeguard Book – sharing the stairs

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

New Year, New Decade, New YOU

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

Thanks, Living the Second Act

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…

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…

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…

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…