The scariest moment of my life was how and when I became a teen mother. Almost equally scary (upsetting, embarrassing, devastating…) was when I learned that my teenager was about to become a father. As Halloween approaches, I want to offer some tips for dealing with a situation much scarier than ghosts and goblins. Have […]
After six years of speaking full-time as a professional speaker… I am so excited to announce that I am now a speaker with the agency, ForCollegeForLife! Although I speak on several life skills topics and issues related to being successful, my primary focus is resiliency and leadership- topics my life has taught me well. I […]
Did you know that last Sunday was Grandparents Day? At 40 years old, I am in a pretty unique position. I still have two grandmothers in their 90’s. And I am a grandmother. Five-year old, Kailey and one of my new babies, six-week old Jordan. My life has been an interesting journey. Far from perfect. […]
When I was a little girl, I initially struggled with friendships. In the sixth grade, my class started the “I Hate Summer” club. Even a couple of girls who had been my friends were a part of the club that made talking to me or sitting with me at lunch a horrible thing. Eventually, the […]
Tonight I’m grateful because it is what would have been my 12th wedding anniversary. And I’m not sad about what could have been or what at one time I thought should have been. On June 9, 2007 I got married with doubts. There was love, but there was fear, hesitation, and concern. I still walked […]
Mothers wipe tears, kiss wounds, and calm fears. Mothers love the most, understand the most, give the most, sacrifice the most, deal with the most, and hurt the most. Mothers are imperfect, selfless, and forever hold their children in their hearts. On Mother’s Day, I was blessed to be with my own mother, my 97 […]
The thing about dreams is that we all have them. Some big and some small. Sometimes they start big, get small, or even go away. Sometimes we stop dreaming completely or give up on our dreams. Sometimes we keep dreaming. And dreaming. And dreaming. But never making our dreams come true. You know the dream […]
“Summer, can you brang me my earrings?” For two weeks I had the privilege of having my grandmother stay with me. She hadn’t made the ride to Memphis to stay with me in nearly four years, but this time on my visit to see her she finally said yes when I asked her to come […]
I vividly remember the look of disappointment on my former vice president’s face when I ran into him about five years after I’d last seen him. Our sons were the same age, and he asked me how mine was doing and I asked him the same question. I probably had a similar disappointed face because […]
