Experiencing Turbulence

Photo by Aspen Hotshots You know that feeling when you’re on an airplane and the pilot announces that it’s going to be a turbulent ride? You wait with dreaded anticipation until the plane takes that dip that launches your stomach into your eyeballs. Your kids look to you for comfort as you...

Who’s the Mother of that Mommy Blogger?

“She reminds me of you,” my mother leaned over and whispered to me as we watched the movie, Morning Glory. She was right, Becky Fuller, a laid-off radio executive producer trying to make it to the top in the industry, did remind me of me, only instead of a bungling, workaholic producer in radio, I’m...

It’s My Blogoversary

(A junkyard blogging Princess) Wade came into my office tonight, exhausted and ruggedly beautiful after hiking four laps in the Highlands Bowl. “What are you doing my crazy little computer girl?” he asked me. “You know that you have been writing since 3:30am this morning?” “You mean...

What Would We Do Without Our Friends?

I was sitting at my desk numbly staring at my computer screen trying to break my way through the hump I was in when Wade came in and dumped the mail onto my desk. Sticking out in the middle of the mundane pile of bills and catalogs was a small blue envelope addressed to me. My heart fluttered as it always...

Multi Tasking

I have been missing my children even though I see them every day. They want me to make money but do not like it when I am holed up in my office writing. They want their mommy back and I need them as well. I have watched them become needy, sullen and more mischievous because they are not getting my full...