How the dreaded road trip conversation typically goes: Layla:   Mommy, are we almost there? Me:  (With steam about to blow from my ears.)  No, we are not. Stop asking. Layla:  How much longer? Me:  (Lying through my teeth.) Ten minutes. How the dreaded road trip conversation went last weekend: Layla:   Mommy, are we almost there? Me:  […]

When Janie (my first cousin’s five-year-old daughter) was born and diagnosed with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism, my Uncle Tommy’s first and only response was, “She’ll make us all better people.”   That she has. Last night our family had the honor of attending a benefit dinner for Dr. Ben Carson, the world-renowned neurosurgeon […]

Kanye. Kim. Kourtney. Khloe. Kendall. Kris. Kylie. It seems customary for the world to give them a hard time. But Kate Middleton? Now, that just seems wrong. Kate recently got caught by the paparazzi wearing a—gasp!—thong. And immediately, “Bottom Gate” hit the newsstands all around the world.   Of all the things Kate is doing […]

  OK. As part of this blog, I’m going to start giving away free ideas—big ideas. I just can’t take it anymore. There are so many opportunities for business-minded people, especially entrepreneurs, to make the lives of moms easier and better. It just ain’t that hard. Entrepreneurs need big ideas to sink their teeth into and […]

Yesterday was the end-of-the-year assembly at my children’s school. It’s always a special day—a day that I mark on my calendar months in advance and construct an iron-clad fort around.  Nobody gets my time on this day other than my children. Can you go to Arkansas on Thursday? Nope. Can we have a conference call Thursday […]

When I was coming up through the ranks in the advertising industry, I didn’t lead what anyone would call a “balanced” life.  I woke up, went to work, worked late, went home, went to bed, and then went back for more on the weekends. Even when I wasn’t at work, I was still thinking about […]