When our son was about 3 or 4 years old, he was obsessed with superheroes. His favorites were Spiderman, the Hulk and Buzz Lightyear. He played dress up and jumped off more pieces of furniture and tree branches than you could imagine. His grandma kept him in enough costumes that he had one for every […]
Midlife
From Sassy to Badassery
Do y’all remember Mindee? Isn’t she lovely? She is a friend I met while our sons played basketball together for their middle school. They also played on the AAU team, Next Level Raiders. Well, our boys are both now in college so we don’t get to see each other very much. There’s a random reunion […]
The Reboot
I was looking through some papers the other day in my home office. The accountant was sending me friendly reminders that they couldn’t move forward until they had this one certain form. And Lordy, do I hate hunting things down for that sweet man! I start going through the different stacks and get sidetracked by […]
Date Night in the Hill Country
Date Night? What’s that? I’ve got too much to do with the kids and all their activities……blah, blah, blah. Let me tell you a little secret. If you don’t carve out a little space for each other, you will regret it. And you will be in a better frame of mind and less stressed out! […]
The Mercantile
I took a trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma a couple of weeks ago. I went with my boy to tour the campus of University of Tulsa. It was on his final list of colleges to attend in the fall. I was looking forward to seeing Tulsa again. It had probably been about twenty years since I’d […]
Resolutions
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 […]