The One With The Fake Trish

May 25, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

I found a tube of toothpaste in the laundry this morning. This is the second time this has happened (we’re averaging 1 a year) and it shows that I’m really getting through to the Cherubs as I share my wisdom on how to do life. But the great news is, I have a cold, so […]

Blergh

April 27, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

I was sick yesterday. You know that weird feeling where it feels like all the blood has been drained from your arms and you just want to go to sleep for the next sixteen days? Yeah, that. Nothing was really wrong. I kept trying to buck up and get with the program. I schlepped Cherubs. I […]

Time to Face the Music

April 13, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Today I’m going to one of those specialty gyms for an introductory workout. There will be a weigh-in and nutritional analysis, and maybe if I’m lucky, fat calipers. Then I’ll join a small cadre of other women who are also there to “pursue our fitness goals.” Every one of us will be avoiding the mirror and […]

When Embarrassing Hobbies Bite Back

March 30, 2017.Reading time 10 minutes.

We’ve been pretty serious here on the blog this week, talking money, money, money. I thought we’d lighten it up as we head into the weekend. So I give you THIS… Remember the other day when I shared about my long history of embarrassing hobbies? And I admitted that I’ve been trying to make my […]

Adoption Shopping

March 3, 2017.Reading time 11 minutes.

Yesterday I was going through old Amazon orders and came across a whole section I recognized as my “The Cherubs are coming!” shopping frenzy – items we bought hoping they would make the kids feel loved and welcomed, help us get to know each other, and meet practical needs (like how we had one twin […]

The Blankest Page

October 15, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

A few years ago, as I cast about for a writing project that was less, well…ridiculously intense & personal than spilling my soul in a memoir, I started a series of essays about the Fruit of the Spirit – the benefits package the Bible promises to anyone who opts in to Jesus’ offer of a […]

Bergie and her Brussels Sprout

October 27, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

(If you are a children’s book author looking for your next big idea, this post is my gift to you…) After seven months of searching, we FINALLY discovered Bergie’s treat of choice. Brussels Sprouts. I couldn’t make this up if I tried. Back when Bergie first came home with us, our trainer told us to […]

Get YOUR piece of the Bergie experience!

September 15, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

I’m starting a new business. THIS DOG sheds. Every other day I vacuum up the equivalent of a chubby maltese. Today as I hunted and gathered handful after handful of abandoned fur, I thought of all my friends who would just love to have a dog, but can’t. Then I had an Oprah-esque, a-hah! moment […]

A Book Reviewer’s Manifesto

September 3, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

I cannot post another crappy book review about another crappy Christian book! I simply. Can. Not. I hit the wall last night as I read the first six chapters of a book I’d agreed to look at. It’s about decisions. I thought it would be a faith-based take on this fantastic book by Chip and […]

Your Daily Bergie

August 26, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

Someone on Twitter announced that today is National Dog Day! I came right over here to celebrate with a post. I believe EVERY day is National Dog Day, so it’s a delight to have the rest of the world (or even just one guy on Twitter) ascribe to my perspective. I scrolled through the dozens of […]