Did my first comedy set in 8 years! Seeing one of my California friends go through this inspired me to get back to making fun of breast cancer. Check out the set here.
Let’s Flush & Gush in 2024
Photo by Amanda Yum on Unsplash Well, hello there. Here's to hoping you had an amazing end to 2023. I'm so ready to move on in so many ways. One thing is, I should write blogs on a regular basis. Honestly, the end of 2023 made me blog clogged. I just wasn't coming up with anything interesting to …
What a trip!
Going to Bordeaux, France, to visit our friends for two weeks taught me a few things. Thought I’d share them with you because maybe you'll get inspired. Friendships transcend space & time What started as afternoons standing around waiting for our little kids to get out of class lasted way past preschool. Trina and Ed, …
Anyone notice time is going too fast?
You know how when you hear a song from the past and it instantly transports you to a place and time that might be monumental to your life's lessons? I just had that happen. Where did I get transported? The salad bar at Towson State University. And it wasn't even a good song: "Take these …
What’s your heaven?
I heard that you are supposed to create your own heaven. I also heard they don’t have chocolate in heaven. That’s great. Now I don’t know what to believe. Yesterday was pretty close to the kind of heaven I’d want. We haven’t seen Steven all summer, since he carved out an internship for himself an …
Meet Joy: One rocking mother
Joy is a force of nature, a total bad ass who champions all things mom and women. She's legit, with a master's degree in Mother Studies. Plus, she's an artist and rocker who has had music on the Billboard Top 100 Dance Charts. So here comes a hurricane in St. Petersburg, Florida (Joy calls it …
It’s back to school: Time for summer reading!
Remember all those books you bought for those lazy days that never came? Me too! I’ve made it to page 55 of Annabel Monaghan’s “Nora Goes Off Script” (on sale here!) The main character is a single mom, which fills me with awe every time. In one scene, a Crock Pot makes her feel triumphant. …
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Second year’s the charm?
We're two hours away from moving our daughter into her sophomore year. This is it. Not crying this time. Last year was like a full mourning period. This time, I'm even more proud of her and excited for what she'll do. Dropping off your last kid at college is no joke - prepare to be …
My “secret” is about to get released
Fall’s almost here, but you’d never know it because it’s freaking 100 degrees here in Central Valley, CA. In the “What did you do this summer” category, I told a story of the worst thing that’s ever happened to me on a podcast called The Secret Room.Not on your worst day would you ever do this …
It’s been years
Hello there! I’m not sure if you’d remember me or not. You signed up for my blog a long time ago. Since then, I’m done with cancer, we moved to California for jobs, and our kids are in college. So here I am, longing to connect with everyone who followed this blog. I’m ready to …
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