I'm sure you've all seen those questions on Facebook that you are supposed to ask your child(ren). You post their answers and truth ...

A high school teacher I admired once said, " Happy people take risks." Maybe it's because I've never been a risk taker, ...

My parents have been married for 50 years. That’s quite an accomplishment in any day and age. To have both made it to their seventies healt...

I'm a Monday person. Everything starts over on Monday. It's a new week, a new chance to do better and be better. Why wait for the ne...

Longtime readers of Kissing the Frog know that I have been through my fair share of hard things . Icky stuff like cancer and autism and in...

There is an off-Broadway musical called "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change." Even though I've never seen it and I sus...

Summer seems to be the perfect time to get some of those things  I've  been wanting to do knocked off my bucket list. Being that it’s m...

I remember once when I was in high school, three of my friends were in a pageant (beauty contest?). Of course several of us went to see them...

So, today is my birthday. Happy birthday to me. I've spent so much time talking about how much I looove my birthday, I think I may have ...

*This post was originally published on May 20, 2013. Today is my birthday. It always rains on my birthday. Really. For as long as I can re...

As women, we say a lot of things to make each other feel good. “You look good for having had five kids!” “You ARE over 40 you know.” ...

I am currently working my way through the book What Alice Forgot  by Liane Moriarty. I know, I'm a little late to the game as this book ...

I had one day last week that was a really, really great day. I secured two more paid monthly writing gigs. I had gotten a lot done that day,...