I was running several minutes behind schedule this morning when I finally made it out the door and on my way to a breakfast work meeting. When I hit a red light, I just happened to look to my right to see a man in a pick-up truck checking me out with quite the grin [...]

When one of my college girls sits down across from me and asks where the box of tissues is, I can usually guess the problem immediately: boys.  Of course, there’s rare occasions when it’s something else — stress with school, problems with parents back home, etc.  But most of the time, it’s boys, plain and [...]

As you may have picked up from my Saturday afternoon post, my weekend was so very exciting as I watched one movie after another from the comfort of my couch. I’d like to take a moment to thank the following channels for their contributions to the last 48 hours of my life: Oxygen, ABC Family, [...]

… while laying on your couch spooning Theraflu into your own mouth, you watch four hours of movies about love on Oxygen before grabbing the remote to see if you still get the Hallmark channel. I’m just sayin’. P.S. — Must Love Dogs – I’d give it one star.  Eh. P.P.S. — But The Lake [...]

A couple of days ago, I had lunch with my cousin Cate. And then, yesterday, we headed out of town to see a concert. On our way, while stopped at a gas station, we decided to make a video of Cate’s dress because we just found it hilarious that I was in jeans and she [...]

“The enemy reached out to take all her favorite things.” Lamentations 1:10a (MSG)

I rarely remember my dreams when I wake up the next morning, but this morning was different.  Last night, I dreamed that I was living in London and constantly going back and forth between here and there.  I wore beautiful wellies while I was in London and I had, if you want to know the [...]

My merry December, I’m so glad you’re here to stay for 31 days, maybe the best days of everyone’s year.  You hold so much in your 31 days, but I think the greatest thing you have in your bag of gifts is a month full of promise. I’ll tell you a secret as long as [...]

In what may come as surprising news, I had the loveliest Thanksgiving of my life this year. As soon as I could get out of the office on Wednesday, I grabbed my bags and headed to a small town in North Carolina to celebrate with some friends — old and new, pink and blue. Over [...]