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Ouch! That old  but familiar “comparing bug” stung me again.  Yikes!  It feels like a swarm of ants— only 100 times more irritating, nipping at my self-esteem. It’s been a while since I’ve seen [...]

After a disquieting Sunday afternoon pacing in front of the radar on TV, listening to tornado sirens in our basementless home, my husband and I  ultimately discerned the moment was now to put the [...]

We exponentially grow when we learn and act on “what we don’t know we don’t know”. I always advocate getting in your kids’ element  whenever possible, not only because of the kid bonding but also [...]

The excess fat bananas I observed in the dissected frogs also metaphorically clouded my efforts at healthy food planning for my family.  Sometimes the fat weighing us down isn’t located in our [...]

The soft-spoken nature of Pope Francis amplifies the impact of the words he does speak.  He points out that “lukewarm Catholics” build their own church around common sense, resulting in them [...]

Spotting the banana-like fat composites in the  frog-dissecting experience with our son Ian in his 6th grade science course triggered the appreciation I was feeling as a lean, mean Dave Ramsey [...]

Part of learning  how to grow my business is to be coached.  My coach prescribes quarterly review of my success plan / business plan,   in a wholistic spirit I set both personal and business [...]

In a heroic act of motherly love, consistent with my philosophy of taking every opportunity to get into my kids’ element, I volunteered to help the kids dissect frogs in my 6th grader’s science [...]

The coverage of Mother Angelica’s 90th birthday put words to why she is so beloved:  she’s a self-professed dodo.  The now extinct, flightless bird parallels God’s taste in apostles.  Rather than [...]

The previous blogs were hot off the press, some not even posted, when I had an I-want-to-pull-my-hair-out incident with Ian, our middle schooler.  After the big pep talk of how close he was to [...]