I don't have a very good poker face. I spoke these truths. Directly. Politely. To my boss. Do you know what happened next?

A robust, white man with white hair in his mid-70s. The last thing I expected was for him to give the most common sense, bilingual and ecume

Today's strawberry festival was a fail. Forget the girl math that convinced me the entrance fee(×5) was "worth it." My children were...

I don't mean to sound like a commercial, but I just have to share this because I think it will resonate with a lot of people! Before I...

It’s been a week. Professionally, I’m making a change. It’s my last week with a wonderful company in the education industry and after a couple weeks off, starting tomorrow, I’ll be entering a new industry (construction), new role, new company. I updated my LinkedIn profile and apparently aged ten years overnight. I’ve been up and down and all around with feelings and tasks. Transitioning out of a role, at least the way I do it, is intense. It takes major organizational skills

The first time I saw a real gun it was nested in a beautiful wooden box held out for me to see by a retired CIA agent who at the time was in his late 60s. He was my father's boss, later mentor, and now friend. My dad gave him a sideways look and asked him to put it away before I really had time to realize what was happening; I was around 9 years old. Between this experience and my next experience, my high school sweetheart would call me from Virgina Tech to let me know he was

There's a big secret I like to pretend I keep from myself. I can't do everything. Sure, I've always been blessed with the ability to do...

For the first time ever, the girls are sleeping in a room apart from their brother. Usually, this works for the girls since they have each other. But our son is a different story. Much like me growing up, the hall light must stay on, the nightlight in his room must be visible, there can't be any strange shadows on the wall, and he needs someone to sleep with him to, in his words "feel so comfy and warm." About a month or so ago, after nightly requests to spend the night with

There are two things in particular I'm loving about our homeschool experience. First and foremost, its teaching us all a little something about being kind and flexible. I work fulltime as a commercial transactions lawyer. In english: I read and write contracts and advise the business on how to resolve and prevent contractual disputes. For me, this means work can sometimes feel unforgiving. When my clients need me they usually feel its urgent. It takes a lot of my emotional st

I’ve been craving Hamilton. Weird, right? Craving a musical. I watched the film version a couple of years ago and fell in love. I cringed at the thought of spending two-plus hours in front of a screen watching something I’ve already seen but this past weekend, while driving back to Live Oak from Miami, I listened to the soundtrack. I listened, I laughed, I cried, and I was in awe. I won’t pretend to know why Lin-Manuel Miranda decided to write that story. Maybe he wanted to s

Today was one of those. One hard day! Not to be confused with One Fine Day, which is an amazing romantic comedy about, you guessed it, a working mom. I was dizzy from my roller coaster of emotions by 8:30am. Until I started crying I was actually quite proud of myself. I had been to the gym. I had showered before the children woke up! We had managed to take our guests on their morning walk. And....drum roll please... We made it to morning prayer on time! Today's devotional (ho