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All Around the Web Favorites, January 24, 2015
LOVE IS A VERBThis post has been wildly popular, and I can see why. I love happy endings, even with an unusual path to get there:...
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Does kindness matter? (My grandmother's legacy of love)
My grandmother kept two freezers full of food at all times; she was a product of the Great Depression, born in 1916. Every time she saw a neighbor, or the garbage man, or the mail carrier, she offered...
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Friday Favorites: February 6, 2015
Happy Friday! Here's my round-up of my favorite posts this week: The two words I say to my kids every dayby Kim Bongiorno at Let Me Start By SayingWhat my disabled son taught me about disabilityby...
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Friday Favorites: The Friday the 13th edition
Happy Friday!Here are some posts to take you into the weekend. Taryn's advice on tending to friends in times of grief is well done:A month from now on TuesdayThis, Wendy's first post at HuffPost...
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Friday Favorites: February 20
Once up on a time, I dreamed of visiting Italy. And then in 2006, I had the opportunity to take a trip to Rome for a business trip, and it was the best possible way to see the city - we stayed at a...
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Featured today at The Kindness Blog
I'm so glad to have found The Kindness Blog, full of beautiful stories to inspire the world to be kind.They featured my post about my grandmother's legacy of kindness today, and I can't think of...
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Featured at BonBon Break today
I'm honored to be featured at BonBon Break with an original post that I have been working on for quite some time. It has been sitting in my drafts folder for months, waiting to see the light of...
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Friday Favorites: February 28, 2015
Photo by Ashley WhiteBetter late than never, right? Hope you enjoy these posts, some of my favorites on the internet. This progression through time took my breath away at YouPlus2:She is almost 11, I...
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Friday favorites: March 20
I'm back! We figured that since my son was still in preschool, it would be a perfect time to take a two-week vacation. My husband has been planning a Major League Baseball spring training trip for two...
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Friday favorites
Happy Friday!Did you know that one of my essays is about to appear in a soon-to-be released collection? It's the third book in which one of my pieces will appear, and I'm very excited about it. It's...
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Friday Favorites: April 3
Please enjoy my favorite posts on the internet this week: A beautiful and always-applicable reminder to be kinder to ourselves, as parents, from Jill Krause at Baby Rabies.THESE are the kind of...
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Friday Favorites: April 3
Please enjoy my favorite posts on the internet this week: A beautiful and always-applicable reminder to be kinder to ourselves, as parents, from Jill Krause at Baby Rabies.THESE are the kind of...
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Friday Favorites: April 3
Every day, I read something fascinating, interesting, moving, or thought-provoking. Every day, I am inspired by someone new. Please enjoy my favorite posts on the internet this week: A beautiful and...
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Nesting: the night I learned to embrace our bedtime routine
I didn’t know anyone when I moved to Austin except for one woman who was introduced to me on the trade show circuit by a mutual business friend. As it turned out, she was the first person who knew I...
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When your confidence wanes
I sat there, listening, as the calls started coming in. They went for the throat immediately, hurling insults as if we were exotic game animals in a sporting shoot. My face started to flush and I felt...
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Friday Favorites, April 10
In case you missed it:This week, I debuted at The Mid for the first time, and if you haven't started reading The Mid and you're about my age, check it out! There is so much I relate to on that site. My...
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Friday Favorites, April 17
Friday! It's one week until the Austin Listen To Your Mother show, and I'm so proud of this cast. They are brave and strong and bonding like mad over shoes and dresses backstage before their big...
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The four-letter words I'm teaching my son
Image courtesy of Shutterstock, via Scary Mommy Most of the time, we cringe when we hear our children bringing home certain four-letter words.But there are some four-letter words we want them to know...
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Local ABC affiliate morning show guest spot
Check it out! I was a guest on Austin's ABC affiliate, KVUE news, on Saturday morning (April 25). I was asked to come on the show and talk about the Listen To Your Mother show, and GOOD NEWS - I...
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Friday Favorites: May 1
Happy May Day, everyone! It's beginning to look a lot like summer where I am.With a little boy deep into baseball right now, this one by Randi Olin at Brain, child struck a nerve.Honest Mom is...
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