Becoming Queen Mother

When in Rome…

Blissdom Conference ~ Nashville ~ February 4-6 2010
This past week was Blissdom,  a conference for 500 women in Nashville, TN.  It was in a word, the “it” event on my calendar since over a year ago.  People I admire were going to be there, people I love were going to present there, and about 490 others were… Continue reading

The Teenagers

   As an “older” mom and stepmom (my teens are 13 and 16, I’m 45) I am regularly directed step mom questions that as my natural children reach this age I realize are simply questions ALL parents of teenagers are facing.

“my stepson doesn’t want to be in this family… Continue reading

Sometimes Simply Surviving Counts…

  Our Wedding Day in 2002

Sometimes you simply survive long enough in life regardless of the subject, that later you realize you are the one who has travelled the road where others seek assistance . We’ve been a step family for over seven years, almost eight.  The beginning of our life as a step family was… Continue reading

Yard Sailing

Some folks dream of owning a yacht cruising in the sunset….cruising endless yard sales from sunup to sunset is more my speed…..I simply love to see what I can find to recreate or make my own from what is not valued by another. Today I had the MOST wicked fun… Continue reading

Becoming the Queen Mother….

When my daughter was born, the first and only granddaughter for both sides of the family, my father the physician leaned over and said, “you know you’ve been dethroned.” I knew instinctively this was true, gone were the days of daddy showering me with a jewelry gift, gone were the… Continue reading

The Berrys

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