Coping strategies when everyday frustrations mount…
No Red, No White, a Little Blue
Holidays. Summer. A college kid making a (painful) point.
Jury Duty
Jury duty: An irritation or an opportunity?
The Uninvited Storm: When Troubles Hit and There’s Nowhere to Hide
Troubles? Help!
In Good Hands
Trust, sharing, and community. A thank you.
Chillax: The (Adolescent?) Art of Stress Management
Sometimes our kids offer wisdom: Relax. But does it apply to money stress, parenting stress, job stress?
Your Best of Times, Your Worst of Times
Facing marital challenges and divorce, not always at our best.
Stopping the Downward Spiral (Stress! Stress! No Stress.)
Disaster averted! (Stress all the same.) How do YOU stop a downward spiral out of control?
Happy UN-Mother’s Day
I know, I know. It’s Mother’s Day Weekend, and many of us are gathering around family, specifically our mothers and grandmothers, or our children are gleefully coloring and crafting little gifts to present as tokens of their love. But spending Mother’s Day with the woman who raised you isn’t always possible. For instance, my own […]
Hope Floats
It is a Sandra Bullock movie released in 1998 – Hope Floats – with a predictable plot, but not without its charms. A married mother of a young daughter finds out hubby is cheating and he wants out. As the divorce proceeds, she takes her child and heads home to a small Texas town, where […]