Becoming Barbara Walters
Once upon a lifetime ago, I worked in local television. It was a real glamorous gig: $20,000 year. A 4…
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Once upon a lifetime ago, I worked in local television. It was a real glamorous gig: $20,000 year. A 4…
Continue ReadingI hate stereotypical mother-in-law jokes and memes because my husband’s mom was one of my favorite people in this world.…
Continue ReadingSometimes I can’t figure out what matters. It’s complicated, I think, defining what’s important in a life. It feels like…
Continue ReadingI watch as my baby sister rocks and soothes her newborn baby. She cuddles him close and whispers sweet words…
Continue ReadingFifteen years ago there lived three best friends. Three girls who lived to be together. They had grown up together,…
Continue ReadingI wrote this letter to my own mama, who died far too soon and far too painfully. But I can’t…
Continue ReadingI often worry my mom felt like she didn’t leave us with much when she left for Heaven. She apologized…
Continue ReadingMy grandmother had seven kids in six years (no twins), and as a colonel’s wife, she spent large periods of…
Continue ReadingI am a mom who gets up just like you. I take time for God every morning, some more than…
Continue ReadingToday was interesting. I was asked to come back to the rural community where we raised our girls to speak…
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