Have you ever struggled to find just the right word, but you don't seem to have anything suitable in your....mind? No. Suitable in your . . . notebook . . . collection . . . ensemble? No. Anthology? That's not it either Something more like skill set . . . skillset . . . two accepted spellings . . . ugh Have you ever struggled to find just the right word, but you don't seem to have anything suitable on the tip-of-your-tongue . . . on your lips . . . in your back pocket? Front pocket? Frontal lobe? I digress. Okay. I get it. I've been there. I've been there as a mother going through...

I had just entered the second trimester of a rather stressful pregnancy and was put on modified home bed rest (aka - couch rest). I went from running three miles every morning and spending long days at the office to spending nintety percent of my time in bed or laying on the couch and wearing pajamas and sweats all day. I was in a funk, and rightfully so if I do say so myself. What can you do stuck on the couch? Was I doing anything at all? Was I even participating in life? I made a list of what I already accomplished that day because I have a personality for which lists are therapeutic: 1 -...

Do you remember a while back when Facebook launched its "hover over for additional reactions" feature? People complained that "thumbs up" wasn't adequate for reacting to people's posts. Nobody wanted to "LIKE" the fact that somebody's Grandmother passed away, but - in the same post, they did desire to like the request for prayers. Enter the sad face. So now you can select from a bunch of emojis. There's a heart, laughing face, crying face, shocked face, and an angry face. Now, for Grandmum's passing, we can display a . . . crying face (which I've also seen mistaken for a sweating face, by the...