The following piece was originally published in The Fresno Bee on November 2, 2019. Hi, November. The silver turkey’s back on my table again and I’m bracing myself for the annual holidaze. Last month, I shared how every October brings me ghosts — how I now live with them throughout the year, how I fend…
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October Hauntings: Ghosts, grief & guts to get up.
Everyone has their own month — a month that haunts us, that reminds us of the dark, that sneaks up and tries to scare us when we let our guard down for a second. Mine is October — but not because of Halloween. October now delivers me ghosts. October is now an annual, tumultuous reset…
Sit down. Quiet down. Rise UP (yes, us parents).
A previous version of this article was published in The Fresno Bee on October 5, 2019. Students, discipline and why us parents need to step up more than ever… kindly stop reading now if you don’t enjoy truth in accountability. Several weeks ago, I had a field day on Facebook with Governor Gavin Newsom’s recent…
Dear Daughter, We Are Officially Halfway. (And here’s what I see…)
Dear Daughter, I’m not sure how or why we got here so fast. Halfway, they say. Halfway to 18, halfway to college. Halfway until you are gone from this home as a child. NINE. Nine years of you. Nine years of a reinvented me (being mommy). Nine years of love and life and laughing —…
Back to School & Busy Schedules: OUR fault.
A previous version of this piece was published in The Fresno Bee on March 8, 2019. Funny how September swoops in and shocks the hell out of us all every single year. Well, me anyway. I look at my calendar this month (and for the next few months) and suddenly want to crawl in bed…
Candace Cameron Bure talks toning up, tuning out hate & being a tough mom.
The following interview is sponsored, thanks to DSG family athletic wear by Dick’s Sporting Goods. All experiences and opinions are mine. I recently got lucky to rock a totally-fierce, all-blue workout outfit and exercise with Candace Cameron Bure (aka one of my favorite TV-stars-slash-famous-moms) to put Dick’s Sporting Goods’ new line of family athletic wear…
Ruling Back to School! Find the SOLUTIONS.
The following post is sponsored by DSG by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Boxed, TechDen and Relay. All opinions and experiences are mine. Not ready for Back-to-School? Me neither. I’ve been in denial for weeks now. But here we are. And I’ve got solutions for all of us… CBS Los Angeles’ KCAL-9 News at Noon let me…
