Raising Daughters

I looked at my daughter's list to Santa and my eyes popped out of my head. iMac Apple Watch FitBit iPhone 11 Unlimited Fried Rice (we'll talk about that later...) Claw Machine??? And some Nerds. The candy. Pink and purple to be exact. Now, listen, on my best day I could maybe swing the FitBit [...]

Today I mark the beginning of my 47th year! So much has changed in my life and yet, so much more has stayed the same. As always, I am on my knees in grateful prayer for my life. There are very few things I would change about it. The things I would are minor... like [...]

I am going to try to get through this post without crying all over my keyboard. Not only because writing about my brother always brings happy emotion to my heart but because there are so many Heroes at Home that deserve recognition that never really get it. People who get up in the morning, away [...]

There are so many things that we parents have to worry about our children. We have to make sure they are eating well, sleeping well, doing well in school and that they have friends. Add in the day to day chores of being a parent -- laundry, cooking meals, rides to extra curricular activities -- [...]

**This post may be a trigger. Please be advised.** I was sitting on the couch watching my Houston Texans win a football game that seemed to be a loss in the first half.  I had been jumping up and down, screaming and yelling at the TV for the last 3 hours. My girls would join [...]

The ball soaring thru the air, he quickly glances up, blinded by the sun.  He wipes a bead of glistening sweat from his brow and receives the ball with his chest.  It falls right to his feet, in perfect stride.  He begins to dribble, managing to maneuver around a sturdy defender.  Then he jukes left, [...]

Remember living by the clock… anxiously awaiting the next episode of your favorite show?  I remember making plans, gathering at someones house to watch “Friends”, huddling around the television - not the flat screen version but the large bulky box version - counting down the minutes to showtime.  Those weekly viewing parties brought us together, [...]

'Mooom, can I have Tic Tok?' 'Nope!' "OK!' 'Thank you for respecting my decision.'  'No problem!' My conversation last night with my 13 year old. Before you think I made it up, I didn't. I have told my kids for years that social media is not necessary for them right now and I won't apologize [...]