Last week I found out that the planning committee for the upcoming Raising for Ray fundraiser, was looking for a few more volunteers. As I have shared here over the past year, my friend Amanda’s husband Ray, who recently received a heart transplant, has had quite a year fighting for his life. Ray has not been on […]
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How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the eleventh edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. It’s been three months since we last did some Gatekeeping here and my life has felt like a whirlwind. What seemed like […]
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I am trying to finish up my Time Warp Tuesday post about “peace,” but can’t stop thinking about and praying for Ray. As I shared via social media earlier today, my friend Amanda (who I got to know through participating in a MOPS group over the past four years) and her family got “the call” that […]
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There was an awesome moment during the BlogHer’13 Anatomy of a Story panel on Saturday when Vikki said, “Everybody needs a gay… and so I always think about, when I write on my blog, that I’m the gay for people that don’t have one.” People started laughing and tweeting what she said, because it was a great […]
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“You can’t boil the ocean, if you try to, your life/blog becomes generic.” ~ Maria Ross That is my biggest takeaway from BlogHer`13. I heard it towards the beginning of Pathfinder Day, in the Keynote One to One with Maria Ross and Lesley Pinckney. Maria, a brand strategist, author, speaker and brain aneurysm survivor, has so […]
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This past week I had a truly awesome experience at my second BlogHer annual conference, here in Chicago. I have so much to share about BlogHer`13. However, until I have the time and inspiration to process and post my reflections here on my blog, I will show you some highlights in this video I made, […]
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