The important (and unimportant) stuff you might want to know:

What I love: Fulfilling my purpose – whatever that purpose is today.

Who I love: My husband, our kids, and our 3-year-old grand daughter (who calls me Sugar).

What I do: Market stuff and write books.

What I believe: Living an honorable life doesn’t happen unless we consciously seek it.

Where I live: 160 feet in the air in downtown Dallas.

What drives me batty: That our government leaders act like poorly behaved children.

Why I’m here: To encourage women to live each day intentionally, with uncommon joy.

What I want you to know: You’re not alone.


Nine Words That Matter
August 31st, 2011

Dear Girlfriends,

After reading Kathryn Stockett’s, The Help, my daughter Shauna, my mother-in-law Harriett and I scheduled a “girl date” to watch the story together on the big screen.

Rarely do movies move me. I am a reader and prefer drinking in the words from a gifted author and becoming lost in their story as I add my own mental visual effects.

But this movie was different for me. The characters felt real, not manufactured, and the brilliant dialogue was true to Ms. Stockett’s novel. Especially when Aibileen speaks softly to little Mae Mobley.

This is your SPOILER ALERT if you haven’t read the book or watched the movie because I am about to share with you the nine most important words spoken in this story. read more




Share Your Gift of Encouragement
August 24th, 2011

Dear Girlfriends, Since launching my blog and book, I have received hundreds of emails and letters from my readers. Within the digital and printed pages I have read about shattered relationships – marriages ended; broken lives – kids who went off-track; life-defining and sometimes life-ending diagnosis, and faded dreams of what could have been. But your courage and determination inspires …


Someone Else’s Reboot. Part 3.
August 22nd, 2011

Dear Girlfriends, As I continued on the path of my reboot, I realized another gift: The insight that receiving is a form of giving. For me, giving has always been easier than receiving. Perhaps, it’s because in order to receive you have to succumb to the reality that you need help, and then you have to humble yourself to accept …














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