Category Archives: Inner Circle

You’d think since I’m a girl hair wouldn’t drive me crazy, but it does.  I can only stand for it to be on my neck for so long before I’m pulling it up into a severe bun. Eventually, even the … Continue reading →

Our oldest son started wrestling last year.  His first season was hard. It was hard for me too.  He didn’t win a match. This season we have seen a vast improvement in him.  He’s won about half of his matches, … Continue reading →

This week, I had the good fortune of sitting next to two lovely older women at an all-day wrestling tournament. I don’t think I’ve ever met closer sisters. They finished each other’s stories and their shared glances might as well … Continue reading →

I volunteered at a huge wrestling tournament we had at the Junior High School this week. Two gyms covered in mats and eight teams in attendance, it was a packed school. My husband and I were asked to run one … Continue reading →

Sometimes the days leading up to Christmas are so full of to-do lists the joy in the season gets lost.  This week it was an old man who helped me find the spirit again. I have a little side job … Continue reading →

This week I went sledding with my family, something we never did while living in Las Vegas.  The lack of snow was probably the biggest reason. When we started I was the boring adult, stuck with the job of hauling … Continue reading →

I’ve never outgrown my love for music.  Loud and pumping, my radio is always blasting when I’m in the car.  And yes, I sing along, ‘cause it’s fun!  My children often join in with me so my poor husband has … Continue reading →

I love Thanksgiving.  The holiday holds some of my fondest memories of family and friendship.  And lucky me, I get to travel home again this season.  I hope each of you will be surrounded by loved ones as well for … Continue reading →

In one of my favorite Broadway shows, “Wicked”, there is a song the very green Elphaba sings, “no good deed goes unpunished.”  I totally get that song.  Inside me there is this compulsion to help.  It doesn’t even matter if … Continue reading →