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“My Oklahoma” Calendar

I love filling Instagram and Facebook with pictures of light and beauty…scenes from where my journey takes me. This past year we saw the beaches of Texas and the mountains...

December 29, 2016

Moving Forward

The morning news has broken my heart. Every day. It isn’t that he won the election or that she could have. It is the division and divisiveness. Tears. Grief. Riots....

November 10, 2016

70

My mom recently celebrated her 70th birthday. Being a writer, I wrote this for her and narrated it at the party. She spend her life immersed in children’s literature so...

October 12, 2016

Derek

This is Derek. I met him a few years ago at a pumpkin patch. Although I’ve seen his family around these parts my entire life, I guess I never got to...

September 12, 2016

Dishonor

Stories fascinate me. When my boys were younger, I’d make up new ones for them every day. Bedtimes found us following the adventures of a possum named “Worm” and a...

August 23, 2016

Missing You

Just like autumn, this season cycles by regularly. Missing you. I remember the journey…the months our paths crossed. I tried so hard to make it work. We all did. But...

August 15, 2016

21

Perhaps you’ve met my sweet princess, Christy Bouchard. Today is our 21st anniversary. Our story sounds sappy at first glance. She taught me how to tie shoelaces when we were...

August 5, 2016

Launched

Launch Out 2016 is over. Echos of those final goodbyes have faded. Our ways have parted. We now cling to memories of #AllTheHugs as tightly as the original embrace. Online...

July 25, 2016

Launch Day

Today was Launch Day. Day one of the LaunchOut Conference 2016 (St. Louis edition) began with a bang. This the second LO conference I’ve had the pleasure of attending. LaunchOut...

July 23, 2016

Galveston

It has been a  busy summer! I love to travel and I’ve been able to do quite a bit of it this summer. Less than a month after spending an...

July 21, 2016