My oldest daughter is in Kindergarten.  Her school recently had a spring carnival to raise money.  As usual with any PTA and school event, the flyers, notices and even phone calls came home. Volunteer your time!  Donate goods for our theme!  Purchase your tickets early! I will not pretend that I enjoy these things.  They …

I’m going to share funny things my children say from time to time here.  Why? 1. Because they really are hilarious, and 2. So I won’t forget them and what they’re like at their current age. ———————————————————————————– Conversations with my Kids: “Crazy” I asked my six-year old to clean up her room and the room …

This was a fictional short story I wrote for a contest in the Fall of 2013.  The topic could be on anything but it was urged to be about a woman or women.  The rules stated it had to be less than 800 words. I thought I’d share it here… ——————————————— Title: Seamless Meredith was …

Recently I was feeling overwhelmed, overworked and under-appreciated.   Blah, blah, blah.  I have a good life and I really shouldn’t complain, I know. Still despite my best efforts, I couldn’t shake these emotions of disappointment in myself.  Why was I letting life’s little problems get to me and take the best of me? I …

Below is a piece I submitted for the 2014 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition.  I have been told by several people that my writing style is very similar to Erma’s.  I consider that a huge compliment as I believe she was a very gifted writer.  Also, I lived in Dayton, Ohio for a few years just …