When I noticed all of this in the sky at the same time while driving last week, I found a safe moment to grab a quick photo. It was as if...

Monday, October 21, I will officially share my Brave Enough To Be Bliss story with the world through my website ...

This is the graphic from my book's first section title page and if I could wrap up the entire book into one sentence, this would be...

I sent a rather large file containing the book, Brave Enough To Be Bliss , to the printing company on Thursday night, but I had to send...

Those eyes. That face. OK, this Gigi is biased, but I think Cooper is just the sweetest and in May we celebrated his fifth birthday. And...

This morning I'm feeling my fingers, and brain, need to warm up before digging into the book, so I decided a blog was in order....

This photo shows the full extent of my worldly possessions other than a carload of clothes and supplies I'm taking to Table Rock Lake...

About a year ago, my daughter and I started having what she coined "champagne dates." Basically, we schedule an afternoon that we are...

When I was thinking about what visual to use, this photo immediately came to mind. While my daughter loved the pool, this was her first...

I attended a very moving Celebration of Life service this week. It's hard to tell exactly how many people were in attendance, but I would...

And it isn't pretty. It's hard. It's sad. It just plain hurts sometimes. And yet, I am so grateful for healing because with it comes the...

Sunday afternoon I enjoyed hiking a trail nearby with the goal of finding the lookout point I'd been told about with a view of Lake...

After I went to church this morning, I was driving around listening to the end of the Chiefs game and decided to drive into East Jordan...

Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the P!nk concert in Kansas City. When my daughter mentioned wanting to see her more than six...

On October 11, 2021, a family I know and love lost their 21-year-old daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece and cousin. Others lost their...

In late April after unexpectedly losing my job, I decided to put my house on the market so I would be ready to move out of the area if...

A few years ago, I heard a very touching song, Some People Do by Old Dominion, and eventually saw the music video. This song really...

For 27 years now, I have had the privilege of spending time with my daughter on her actual birthday. If that streak ends, I will...

Independence Day reminds me of the bravery of soldiers, but I don't equate that with fearlessness. To me, fearlessness is not allowing...

I recently took a walk early one morning when there was a gentle, cool breeze, and the sun was shining brightly in a perfectly clear,...