A rhyme can’t hurt anyone, hey! And it’s a reminder, especially for me, to hold our heads up and go into 2023 with high hopes, adventurous spirits, and joy. And, am I one to talk? I ended 2022 posting so rarely that I got into a once-a-month habit of squeaking by. That will not cut… Continue reading May Our 2023 Be Filled With Frivolity!
Whenever I get stressed, tired, or sad, my brain becomes sluggish, and I’m hyper-aware of every step it’s taking and how it’s operating in slow-mo–like when you try to do something with your non-dominant hand. It must be hard for people to follow me when I speak. A memory pops up, and I have to… Continue reading Connecting the Dots with “Heart and Soul”
#36 (3-6) of the Top 75 NBA Series-These stories will appear randomly based on the significance of the number we’re dialing in. Psst! Happy Birthday Mom! One day Alex’s Mom pointed out the number game my parents play with one another: My Mom’s birthday is 3-6, and my Dad’s is 6-3. How cool, right? And,… Continue reading Mrs. C–The Real Deal Behind Billy C!
If your hankering for muses about… A Muse 4 Mama the buried truth & growing pains of two years of muses Goodbye Mommyhood, the second muse I ever wrote, is still one of my favorites. This concept of losing motherhood is the reason I started this journey. One reader even called it a tear jerker.… Continue reading Your User Guide! (To Binge-Read A Muse4Mama Or Skip To The Parts You Love)
We celebrate all the New Year’s resolutions, hope, and dreams–all that can happen in 2022. It’s pure bliss. And then, we go to sleep, and we wake up. And, it dawns on us that if we want those dreams to come true, we have to take action. Nothing’s happening on its own. And then the… Continue reading Let’s Crush 2022! Make Our Dreams Come True
I just found out in the nick of time that BTS stands for behind the scenes. Clever for my title, right? Okay, I have to divulge my source here. My youngest clued me into this BTS thing. But enough about abbreviations, every time you receive a holiday card with a perfect photo, I bet you… Continue reading A Custom-merry Christmas Card BTS
I’ve got so much to tell y’all, if I could only hold onto my Nashville accent until I can finally write that blog post on our visit to the music city. We’re here, after all, and I’ve got a hysterical story that I can’t wait to tell. But I’ve got to pull in the reigns… Continue reading No Matter How Small, Ya’ll!
For my 50th, I got all the bells and whistles–a trip to London to go wild at the Mamma Mia party! Meanwhile, Alex’s mid-life crisis comes off like any other day. Alexandra’s the lead in Suessical, Jr., so after today’s matinee, there’s strike; it’s all about her right now. However, she’d prefer to share the… Continue reading 50 Things We Love Most About Alex
Twenty-three years ago today, Alex married an outlier. I was all dressed in white, so I looked like any other bride, but I stood out from the crowd in ways we were too young to understand. But Alex and I always lived on the outskirts; we did our own thing, or better yet, in the… Continue reading The Anniversary Special: An Outlier With A Twist Of People Pleaser
At last, there’s a method to my madness! I finally figured out what I’ve been doing throughout my chemo journey; besides accumulating so many hats, beanies and caps, I didn’t have enough places to wear them all. There’s nothing like hindsight to realize I wrote to take the fear out of cancer and gladly played… Continue reading It’s A Chemo Wrap: Toss Up!
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