In 2016: I didn’t send out Christmas cards. I didn’t lose weight or participate in another half marathon. I didn’t organize my home office. I didn’t sign up tons of new clients. I didn’t blog more. I didn’t stop procrastinating. And that’s OK because: I did spend more time with family. I did learn to […]
Let’s Dust This Thing Off
Is this thing on? Hi y’all. It’s me, Sassy. It’s been awhile. Remember me? I’m the one with the big hair! I took a break from blogging and most of social media over the summer. I wanted to spend some time in East Texas with family. And I did. It was wonderful. I couldn’t remember […]
De Rigueur of Kilgore
Style. Are you born with it? Do you acquire it over time? Who inspired your sense of style? For me, I know that I was influenced by my mother. She would never go out of the house without her lipstick. When she wasn’t wearing nursing scrubs at my dad’s office, she loved to wear suits […]
There’s No Place Like Home
I just got back from a trip to my hometown of Kilgore, Texas. I was there for a little work and a lot of visiting with my family. It rained most of the week. And I’ll never complain about rain after suffering through years of drought but it does put a damper on some things. […]
This Thing Called Motherhood
It was exactly two weeks ago that I stood up on stage and read my story of motherhood. I wrote it four years ago on a Saturday night after I couldn’t sleep. I was tossing and turning and these words kept racing in my mind. I finally decided to get up and do something […]
Golfing in the Hill Country
When I was growing up, our family spent time together sailing on Lake Tyler. And then when our daddy bought a little airplane, we spent weekends out at the airport. We affectionately referred to it as, “the Kilgore International Airport.” It was so little that I used the runways for driving practice when I was […]