Month: December 2017

Life and Love Lessons from The Outback Bowl. Image of the 2016 Outback Bowl football field.
Life

Living All-In (Life and Love Lessons from The Outback Bowl)

For  more than 16 weeks each year, I am a football widow.  Not because my husband is an avid fan, but because he is an excellent collegiate football official. You can learn some interesting stuff hanging around football officials. Believe it or not, I’m not just talking the technical definition of targeting and was-that-offensive-pass-interference-or-wasn’t-it? You

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In-Law image: picture of Nana, Grandma, me, Pappy, and our daughter
Family

Christmas, My Way (Aka: Mothers and Daughters-in-law: The Most Conflicted Relationship of All)

For the longest time, I wanted Christmas my way, in my house.  Early on in my marriage, I imagined the fulfillment of this desire would require a death—namely, my mother-in-law’s. I certainly didn’t want that, and thankfully, I didn’t get that. Not for the longest time. “Hurry, hurry! Coats and mittens. Zip, zip. Snap, snap!” Out the door, down

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