The Story Tour: A Christmas Spectacular Live this Thursday at Philips Arena

The Story Tour: A Christmas Spectacular Live this Thursday at Philips Arena

This Thursday, December 8, three of my kids and I will be there when The Story Tour: A Christmas Spectacular hits Philips Arena here in Atlanta. The Story is an unparalleled project from the best-known artists in Christian music that tells the story of God’s love and...
Cyber Monday Deals You Won’t Want to Miss

Cyber Monday Deals You Won’t Want to Miss

Admittedly, I enjoy a brief foray into the maddening crowds of Christmas shoppers—after all, we did roll out of bed at 5 a.m. and hit one store on Black Friday—but for the most part I’d rather shop from home. Here are some Cyber Monday deals that you might want...
Create a Timeline of Your Family’s Memories with LiveOn

Create a Timeline of Your Family’s Memories with LiveOn

I started this blog 5 1/2 years ago on the weekend of my mother’s birthday, two years after she passed away. I missed her wit and wisdom—her words—and wished they’d been recorded in more than recipe cards and stray notes. Blogging provides a means of...
Where Everyone Knows Your Name

Where Everyone Knows Your Name

My bunch absolutely cannot do without community. We love family time, but getting together with friends—where the moms can share, the kids can play, and the dads can bond—is a must. Hanging with our Moe’s gang on Kids Eat Free night gets me through the hump in...
{31 Days of Real Life} The Joy of Surprising a Friend: The Boo Bag

{31 Days of Real Life} The Joy of Surprising a Friend: The Boo Bag

When Collective Bias asked members if they’d be interested in putting together and mailing a “boo bag”—a gift bag full of Mars candies and decorated for the fall season—to another Collective Bias member, Stacie at The Divine Miss Mommy immediately...
31 Days of Real Life: Easy Like Sunday Morning (NOT)

31 Days of Real Life: Easy Like Sunday Morning (NOT)

When Lionel Richie sang “Easy like Sunday morning,” he obviously wasn’t referring to a typical family getting ready for church. Not ours, at least. Misplaced clothing, lost shoes, sleepy-headed stragglers, flaring tempers: all this and more fight...

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