The Mom Car: Where Coolness and Life Collide Remember, remember the deep unquenchable need, the need for speed? Truthfully, there was only .000005% of the population of teenage girls that were granted that most coveted of wishes, a pink Camaro with vanity plates, secretly staged in the driveway. We imagined a big red bow, for the overly exaggerated birthday that would, somehow, magically enlarge our breasts and give us a little plastic card that simply said, “you can drive now.” …
The first time I said, “Jesus be all over you,” in public, I think I was on a Facebook live. Actually, I have said it to my kids for years. And my mom always said, “Lord be with you.” Truth be told, I always answered back, “Thanks.” And my family answers back the same, “Thanks.” I guess it is only polite to acknowledge a blessing on your way out the door with a “thank you.” But today as Justin, my …
Doing What You Were Created to Do: Living Marvelously So, I feel pretty confident that I could be a marvelous travel blogger. Although, no one is paying me to go on cruises. I have never endorsed a suitcase or hiking sandal. Honestly, I would be an excellent official spokesperson for Xanax. Alas, I am just a girl with a computer who hates to fly. I am afraid that my “Christian” blogger status is in jeopardy for all the posts I …
Grief Relief: When You Can Talk About “It” and Do Laundry Too You may not be ready to hear this, but that’s okay. I wasn’t ready to say it, until just now. It came without warning. There wasn’t a day marked on the calendar. We weren’t waiting for it, honestly, I figured it was just a rumor. This place where all the sudden, I wasn’t in shambles on the floor. I didn’t need a Xanax or some dear friend, who …
“Dude!?!?!” and Other Inappropriate Things I Say to Jesus Here among the humans, which call me mommy, mom, Baby, Jami-Jo, and ‘Muuuuther,” insert premenstrual 16-year-old insolence, I am well known. They know. And the stuff they know, some of you know too. Because I am known for being… candid. Perhaps too much so, according to the one who calls me, “Baby.” However, he’s too quiet. Which is why we make a great couple. He rarely says anything, and I say …
How to Get Skinny, Healthy, and Wise: Change Your Focus Yeah, by now, two weeks into a new year… how many of you have thrown in the towel on all those fantastic resolutions? You don’t have to answer. As a matter of fact, don’t answer. Because that is not why I am here. I am not here to tell you the next great diet or workout plan, and I am not going to invite you to sell essential oils or …
