A couple of weeks ago, I did something I’ve never done. It was a monumental event, really. I bought a couple of sleeveless shirts. You could call them “cute tops”. I did. I really, really did. Now, I know that isn’t a big deal for most people but, believe me, it’s a BIG DEAL. Stephanie does not do sleeveless. Nope, […]
This weekend, I had the esteemed pleasure and honor to speak at the 96th annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention Women’s Leadership Committee Brunch. A “pleasure” because I am surrounded by so many amazing and accomplished women in the agricultural community while in the great city of New Orleans. A “honor” because I’m given the opportunity to collectively thank an organization […]
I must have repeated the statement, “It’s not what you say, it’s what you do”, a million and 15 times while my daughters were growing up. This was in response to Savannah or Isabella saying one thing and acting in other ways contrary to what they were saying. Sometimes, the follow-up statement would be, “Actions speak louder than words”. Other […]
I have just returned home from my first “Girl’s Trip”. Yep, I’m 50 years old and have never taken “time with the girls”. It just never worked out before. In light of my circumstances, I can say I am soooo thankful that it didn’t work out until now because every trip I’ve taken, with the exception of work-related trips, have […]
Yep, within a three-week period, I went from the best place I could imagine on Earth (the beach) to the worst place I could imagine (house flooding). This occurred in what seemed like an instant. In July 2016, our family took what was our last family vacation as a family of four and three weeks later our house flooded. Then, […]
Last year about this time, I had the pleasure of going on my first Caribbean cruise. It was with my daughter’s senior class, so we did what they wanted to do on the excursions. One of the stops we made was in Jamaica. I was thinking about that trip a couple of days ago and how it was chock full […]
It’s Monday. The day to begin our work week. It’s time to shed the weekend off and begin something new. Yes, Mondays are a day of beginnings. “Let’s begin our diet, Monday”. “Monday, I will start exercising.” “Today, I will plan what I will do for the week.” It’s Monday. It’s common to dread Mondays. What did Monday ever do […]
As I reflect on the last 18 months and the last two Mother’s Days, I’ve realized something. I have a responsibility to be part of my healing although it’s hard sometimes, not fun at other times, and is not always something I really want to do. But, I do it. I am nudged, pushed, sometimes made to get out of […]
Honestly, I never know what I am going to blog about until “it’s time” to blog. I may have an idea, but something will hit me all of a sudden and I just KNOW “this” is it (and, many times the topic is nothing related to what I was thinking!). Something happens, maybe a thought comes, or a conversation occurs […]
What parent hasn’t heard this question, over- and over- again? What human being hasn’t thought this? I mean, REALLY, are we THERE … YET??? We are all on a journey somewhere, whether we think we are or not. We may be on our way to Wal Mart, to pick up the kids, to sit in a doctor’s office, to get […]