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Recently, I took a mini vacation with my family. While it was super enjoyable, it was also quite different. You see, normally whenever I travel, I’m always researching ahead of time, where are the best places to […]

Whether for pleasure or business, traveling can be challenging for those working hard to stay sober. Traveling can feel like the ultimate test of your sobriety.  With a little planning and foresight, you can […]

Elizabeth really lays it all out there, boldly talking about why women aren’t in leadership and the pain of working with women you don’t like.

For more about Elizabeth’s philosophy and some in […]

In my heart lives a wanderlust spirit that longs to explore, to travel. It started when I was born into a military family where with each move, acceptance and change was just part of life.  I truly believe the […]

Really all we’ve got is right now in this moment that we are experiencing, feeling, and living. My mind is constantly thinking about things that have happened in the past or will happen in the future. And, you […]

The saying that friends are with us for a reason, a season, or for a lifetime… well, I think it is the exact same with books. Unfortunately, for way too many years, I considered books and the need to read them t […]

I want to write to you today about words.

Yep, words.

And not just 4-letter ones either, though often they are my favourites 😉.

You see, today I sat here a full 45 minutes pondering the blank page be […]

Plaid: When you aren’t in the kitchen, where would we find you and what would you be doing?

Callie: Drinking some vino and snacking on some appetizers at a local Fort Worth restaurant.

Plaid: What was […]

I love to people watch. Wherever I am, I tend to absorb as much of my surroundings as possible. I watch and wonder what made one person think the outfit they are wearing is “the outfit,” or I wonder what is cau […]

Have you ever felt like you were just a “crappy mom”?

Chances are if you are a mom in any capacity, you’ve felt this at one time or another.

I used to be a “crappy mom,” too! In the first 2 years of my busin […]

Valentine’s Day was just a few weeks ago and everywhere you looked retail stores and ads told us we needed a gift from someone special to feel loved. Chocolates, flowers, teddy bears holding hearts, chocolate c […]

According to Google’s dictionary, the word quotient can have two meanings: “a (mathematical) result obtained by dividing one quantity by another” or “a degree or amount of a specified quality or charact […]

Are you one of the 26% of Americans that have not read a book last year? In my lifetime and career, I have found that reading, whether for pleasure or for self- development, has always helped me move my goals and […]

I have a library of women I can call on. With each turn of the page, their words console me. We have a lifetime of stories to draw from as we have shared secrets and tears along with laughter that fills our world […]

The Qur’an. It’s been cherished, vilified, targeted as a message of violence and hate, but is also a comprehensive guide for billions throughout the world. Never has a book engendered such conflicting e […]