For those of you who might live in parts of the U.S. outside of California… you might not understand this post. Know that I am sincerely envious of you… For Californians who’ve been locked up, masked up, scared of breathing perfectly fine air if you happen to walk past someone on the street, IT’S TIME…
focused+fit
Finding the air.
Just breathe, my husband tells me (like, all the time now). Sometimes there isn’t time to breathe, I snap back between dishwasher loads and T-shirt folds. He’s right. I’m right. But when everyone is right… no one takes productive breaths. The last month has been a wild+wonderful blizzard for me here in sunny California. It’s…
Working full-time again? (Yup!)
As of January 19, 2021 (ha! I just noticed that date of 19, 20, 21… whoa) I now work for multimedia network PragerU — factual, faith-filled, free-and-brave (FAB). Yessssss! My new baby via 2020’s most unexpected & confusing metaphorical pregnancy. And just like my two daughters, this baby busted into my life in a most…
Into the 2021…
New! Year! Although also kind of the exact same for now (here in California, at least). But fear not: Many of us are wiser, stronger, more awake than ever… aside from being absolutely desperate for a stupidly-fancy craft cocktail and fabulous dinner inside any kind of a restaurant that might have draping crystal chandelier things…
Social Media Rules for Mental Health. (Because I said so.)
A previous version of this post was published to Mom.com on October 9, 2020. “Why aren’t you on social media that much anymore?” friends and colleagues now ask me.”Mental health,” I reply. They instantly get it. Prior to 2017, I used to throw around the words “mental health” as a respectful yet passive casual catchphrase…
10 Years of Mom Blog. (Am I pregnant again?)
Ten years. One hundred and twenty months. Five hundred and twenty weeks. Three thousand, six hundred and fifty days. Eighty seven thousand, six hundred hours. Five million and two hundred fifty-six thousand minutes. (Did I do that math right? Blame distance learning.) To be less poetic about it: I’ve officially been a mom — and…
Normal life cancelled? Get a puppy.
A previous version of this post was published in The Fresno Bee on Sunday August 9, 2020. It’s been a summer all right. Haven’t posted here in about a month (more!) thanks to most folks losing their brains and all previously-functioning reasoning skills. Spring, Easter, Summer and now ‘Back to School’ season were shamefully cancelled…
