There Is No Easy Button for Middle School
A few weeks ago I wrote about how middle school is eating my lunch. I wrote about how I want to just jump past the struggle and pain. I want to have all the answers in place and know how … Continued
The Pioneer Women Mercantile Visit
The most asked question among Oklahoma women in the past year…Have you been up to the Mercantile yet? Everyone knows what The Mercantile is. Even if you don’t live in Oklahoma, if you watch the Food Network, or shop at … Continued
It Could Always Be Worse
Recently, I discovered singer/song writer Nicole Nordeman. I may be the last mother on the planet to know about her song Slow Down. In case you have been under the same rock as I have, the video is down at … Continued
Five Minute Friday: Support
Today’s Five Minute Friday writing prompt is: support. Five minutes are on the timer…GO! Next week I will be traveling to San Fransisco to a conference for Assistance League. As an active volunteer, I support our community through the programs … Continued
Five Minute Friday – Play
Today I’m trying something new. Writing for only five minutes. I’m joining the Five Minute Friday link up with the writing prompt “play”. I set a timer for five minutes and forced myself to stop when the timer went off. Here … Continued
The Epic Road Trip of 2017- Part 3 – Minneapolis
For the final leg of our Epic Road Trip (see the first part here and the second part here) we left the Black Hills and headed across the state to Minnesota. Dear Husband has a cousin that lives in Minneapolis … Continued
The Epic Road Trip of 2017 – Part Two – The Black Hills
Previously on The Epic Road Trip of 2017, the Clintons turned a thirteen hour drive from Oklahoma to South Dakota into a whirlwind tour of interesting and off-the-beaten-path sights. Once we reached our first, major, destination (The Black Hills of … Continued
The Epic Road Trip of 2017 – Part One
We just returned from a ten day family road trip covering seven states with four of those states having overnights in them. We started in Oklahoma then made our way to Nebraska by way of Kansas. This all started a … Continued
Is the Internet Making Parenting Harder?
Thoughts have been swirling around in my head since Mother’s Day about parenting and why it feels so hard. In the grand scheme of things, my boys are really good. There are bumps in the road but all in all, … Continued
Dear Younger Me by Mandy Moore
Meet Mandy Moore. No, not the singer but just as dang cute. I met Mandy at the first Listen To Your Mother cast read through. There was something about her gentle personality and sweet yet mischevious smile that drew me to … Continued
