2016 was a difficult year. I watched someone very special to me lose a hard-fought battle with cancer at the beginning of the year. What helped me get through it was to remember to take in life’s beautiful moments. It’s something that I have always done but it seemed to resonate with me more this…… MORE
Growing up in the Midwest, Christmas was something my family launched into at full speed. Then that seemed to slow a bit the older I got. Present Day, my Christmas comes in the middle of the month. Traveling back to the Kansas City area to see my family, exchanging gifts, then it’s back home to…… MORE
No doubt we are all breathing a sign of relief today…especially those of us in the news media (now we can start chasing new, un-election related stories!) But in the meantime…last night I was very focused on social media. One because I was live tweeting election results for my job and two because I’m fascinated with…… MORE
Today, finally, is election day and I will say no more about it. Except this: For sixteen months we’ve been treated by the candidates, the media and our own friends to a daily avalanche of vicious insults and variously skilled manipulations of truth, maybe more than at any time in American history. This has been the…… MORE
After too many Deep Fried Cuban Rolls, Jalapeno/Cheese Corny Dogs and watching my daughter scarf down a Deep Fried Brownie, I can say I’m “Faired Out” as the North Texas temporary term goes. Between the crowds, the lines and lovable Big Tex, I have become addicted to the annual event that draws Texans from every…… MORE
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a pretty big debate sweeping America by storm. It’s on the forefront of millions of people’s minds, and it’s become so polarizing that even men who have held the position in the past are taking public sides – and sometimes not the side you’d expect. Oh, and there’s also…… MORE
I have discovered in the digital dating world it may be difficult to get someone’s attention, not to mention a response. The online world is much less confrontational than life. At the grocery store, if a man said “hello,” I would feel compelled to reply with a corresponding greeting. However, online, we are able to…… MORE
About five years ago, I became a vegetarian. It wasn’t for health reasons or some awful experience I had with meat — it was just a philosophical decision that I made. Before that, I hadn’t eaten beef or pork in over 20 years. People ask me if I miss eating meat, seafood or poultry, and I…… MORE
This is not something I see everyday. It is also not something I consider common. But, I do see it from time to time on social media and I do not understand it. Why do some parents post pictures of their children crying? I’m not talking infant children or a child scared to death of…… MORE
In a world where social media has become the tallest and most accessible soapbox society has, the verdicts reached by the “court of public opinion” have also become louder and heavier. And that can be a big problem. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, you name it – social media really is more helpful than harmful. We…… MORE
