My friend Deanna sent me an instant message last week to see how I was doing.  I assured her that I was, still, doing fantastically awful.
And then she did the most annoying thing that people always do when they know you are feeling awful.
She recommended a book to me.
I don’t know why I didn’t punch [...]

If my photo albums are to be believed, I’ve never been around on Christmas morning.
I’ve also never attended a birthday party for my kids, stayed home for their first day of school, or gone on a family vacation.
As far as photographic evidence is concerned, I don’t exist.
I am not a neglectful mother.  I do, in [...]

In the last few years, I’ve become an avid traveler.  Like anything else, the more you do it, the better you get at it.
How can you be good at traveling?
Watch someone who travels for business pack.  They never forget anything, they know what’s essential and what’s dead weight, and they’ve discovered all kinds of tips [...]