How a Hostage Negotiator Can Help Your Marriage
“While you might be curious how FBI negotiators get some of the world’s toughest bad guys to give up their hostages, you could be excused...
Secrets Worth Spilling
The teacher’s comments section on my report card recorded the same words year after year, “Kristen is a nice girl, but she talks too...
Game Plan
One of the reasons I enjoy being a writer is it affords the opportunity to step into a variety of roles and speak from different...
One Thing...
There are days when I can’t remember what I walked into my garage to get, I forget to take my daily medication and cannot recall the pin...
Getting Stuff Done
It’s been so long here in Southwest Michigan since we’ve seen the bright yellow ball that suspends in the sky, I almost forgot what the...
What our phones are doing to us
I started attending yoga classes recently for the simple fact that I sit at a computer a lot, and at the end of the day, my body feels...
The Gucci Glasses
I was feeling optimistic, confident, and excited to spend the day in Chicago with my family. Traffic slowed as we neared the city which...
Skipping the Rules
The college admissions scandal dominated the news and media outlets this past week. Wealthy families paid a college placement specialist...
Stay the course
You would never know by looking out my window that we are supposed to “spring forward” this weekend. The recent sound of the snowplow...
How to have your BEST Valentines Day
My love for music causes me to act in ways some consider inappropriate....and by “some” I mean my teenage daughter. I can’t help that I...