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I'm late to the Blissdom review game. I've been back home for two weeks and I'm still thinking about and trying to process my trip. As I think about my trip I could talk about the seminars, the people I met, the fun I had or the places I saw. And all of that is [...]

I can safely say I never thought I'd blog about eggs. Life is funny, though, and by funny I mean more than just laughter inducing. I mean confusing, infuriating, frustrating, ironic, intimidating, exhausting and–yes–sometimes just funny.  This past month has been particularly funny. So funny that I've questioned and doubted and hemmed and hawed even [...]

March…I don't even know where to begin. I went back and revisited Marches of years past; seems to traditionally be a month of either tough transition or travel for me. This year it was both. Personally and professionally it was HUGE; so huge, in fact, I don't think I've wrapped my head around all of [...]

One of the reasons I blog is to document who I am, what I believe and why I make the choices I make. I'd like for my series of posts to serve as a way for my children to see me–me at my best, me when I struggle, me when I fail–when they're old enough [...]

Baby steps. It seems like yesterday my babies were taking theirs. There’s that luscious series of firsts that, honestly, before I became a mama I rolled my eyes at. That’s because before I became a mama, I didn’t get just how precious first steps are. That first smile, first giggle, first roll over, first crawl, [...]

No matter where I go, here I am. To say that walking into the Gaylord Resort in Grapevine, Texas, today brought back memories is like saying Elvis was fond of his blue suede shoes. It was in 2004 when I first set foot in that monstrous hotel in Grapevine. A lifetime ago, really, when I [...]

Ugh. Expectations. The shoulds of life. You know what I'm talking about; I should be nicer, I should be richer, I should have a bigger house, this should be easy, this should make me happy, blah, blah, blah. This is the stuff that Catholics are made of, right? Throw in first born and damn; expectation [...]

Mama Kat always has the best prompts. Even on weeks when I don't get anything posted, they always make me think about things in a different way. This week it's what I didn't learn in high school. She specifies six, so I'll play by the rules. The list could be longer, no doubt. And it's [...]

What would I do if I only had 24 hours left? 24 hours. I can't help but think there's a right answer here even though I know there 'shouldn't' be. I can't help but think of all the things I haven't yet done; the trips to exotic, romantic, exciting places like Paris and Rome and [...]

Oh, the things I could do….with $500. Mama Kat's prompt this week is such an easy one for me. Imagining her Barbie-singing self handing me five crisp, cool $100 bills was a lovely little daydream. Naturally the list of what I could/would/want to do with it is long. Verrrrrrry long. But my #1 choice, right [...]