A couple of weeks ago at Weight Watchers, the topic was about putting ourselves first. Not because no one else matters, as my daughter interpreted it, but because, as women, we often put other people’s needs ahead of our own and therefore, the idea of taking time away from our homes to go to the …
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Today I had to run some errands and since school is out for spring/Easter break, I took Noah with me. One of the things we had to do was go to the Y and sign him up for swimming lessons and summer basketball. From the front desk at the Y, you can see into the …
I make rosaries. My Facebook fan page says “I make wizards” because that’s how my son describes my writing. However, I make rosaries, too. As a convert to Catholicism, there’s something appealing to me about the feel of the beads in my hands as I pray but also the feel as I have to slow …
My husband and I adopted a little boy almost 9 years ago, 12 years after our daughter was born. I was 43, and I understand that’s a little old to have a baby in the house. I have resigned myself to the fact that some of his friends’ mothers will be young enough to be …
This past weekend was the Jambalaya Jubilee Writers’ Conference in Houma, Louisiana. Houma is about two hours from Baton Rouge and my friend, Josephine Templeton’s parents have a camp about half an hour from the location of the conference. This is the second year I’ve gone down with her. Last year, Rhonda Leah, was also …
This week marked the 25th anniversary of the day I met my husband, the man who makes every day of my life happier than it could have been without him. However, somewhere along the way, I’ve lost belief in myself. I am at my lowest weight since Weight Watchers started their new Points Plus program, …
Such a great celebration! First off, yesterday was the last day of my low iodine experience for this year. Since it was thyroid cancer, this will be repeated for the next few years. To begin with, I need to go back to Thursday night. I’m part of a Guild Wars “guild.” We play almost every …
Today is Valentine’s Day and as a romance/fantasy author, I wanted to tell you a little about my Valentine. We met 25 years ago. I saw him first. He was singing in the church choir with his dad at a Lenten Wednesday night service. The church we attended at the time was populated mostly by …
Background: If you’ve never seen Galaxy Quest, first – what’s wrong with you, and second – you just need to know that Captain Taggart (Tim Allen’s character) is the star and he’s a big ham, stealing all of Alan Rickman’s lines (in the “show” Galaxy Quest, not the movie itself) and showing off. In one …
I’m a major procrastinator, in lots of things, but this year, I’m turning over a new leaf. On New Years’ Eve, my brother and sister-in-law, who had been visiting us for a week, left to go back to Ohio. I think partly because of that and that I felt like I hadn’t had enough time …