Oklahoma

I shared my experiences of weathering the storm here because I was just struggling to find a way to cope with it.

You can find ways to help out by visiting here or here.

Hug your family. Love on your kids. Celebrate goodness and kindness. Reach out to your neighbor.

Smile at someone.

Say a prayer of comfort. And remember to take care of yourself.

Breaking Free

It was perfect. I woke up ... because I was done sleeping. One of those awesome mornings when you stretch and yawn and roll over and you have no idea what time it is or what day it is and you really don't care.

Until you realize.

Today is the day. THE DAY. Listen to Your Mother.

Trust: updated

Everyone has a place at the table.

Trust

I'm no stranger to putting myself out there. I've done my fair share of public speaking. I've given briefings to four-star generals on matters of national security (for real). I've taught conference rooms full of lawyers how to use computers. I've taught classrooms full of adults how to use computers. I've led seminars on editing at writing conferences.

But this time, it's personal.

Garlic: what dreams are made of

Oh, no! A cooking post? This challenge involves cooking? Oh dread! Oh despair!


Oh, fine; I'll admit it. I love to cook. I'm quite domesticated. For a liberal, liberated woman, I can still get down with the stereotypical gender roles. And I'm fine with that. Cooking makes me happy. Baking, however, makes me stabby; that's a post for another, day however.
Today is the last day of the Oklahoma Women Blogger's Challenge & it's all about the garlic.

Holla!

It's day 4 of the OKWB Blogger challenge, the one where we're tasked to call out someone awesome in our life, recognize the wind beneath our wings and say, in this space: "did you ever know that you're my hero?"

Running and Music and Music and Running

Day 2 of the Oklahoma Women Blogger's challenge.
Today's marching orders?

Happy National Stress Awareness Day! Today, we want you to think about what stresses you out and what you do to keep yourself from being stressed out.

Mistakes Were Made

This week, you shall be dazzled, DAZZLED, I SAY! by a flurry, a veritable SNOWSTORM of blog posts. Because the gauntlet has been dropped by the Oklahoma Women Bloggers.

The challenge is on. And, competitive sort that I am, I'm not one to easily walk away from a challenge.

Today's theme? Mistakes.

Rubber Eraser Day: Blog about a mistake you made that you wish you could fix or that you did fix and make better!

Women's Problems: Six Months Later

This is my confessional.

So, about 6 months ago (roughly), I talked about health problems here.
How have things changed?

Listen To Your Mother

So, I made the cast of Listen to Your Mother. This is what I was freaking out about. This is what Karen Carpenter encouraged me about.

So what does that mean?