I am like a magnet for awkward bathroom moments. Seriously. The irony is not lost on me that during services this morning at church the vocal team was talking backstage about funny bathroom stories. After that funny conversation, I went to the restroom and my ear monitor fell off of the cord and hit the […]

1) The Fall 2) Addendum: Scarface 3) Twelve Days Later When I told my sister that my forehead was healing from my big face plant, she asked, “Can I still call you my crackhead sister?” Sure, Carla. I deserve that. It’s been a little over 2 months now. It doesn’t hurt, but the bump at […]

It goes without saying that I love my husband. When I left last weekend to go to the PPI convention is Des Moines, I may or may not have cried a little bit. As I hugged him I said, “I miss you already.” He told me to have a fun time, which I truly did, […]

Somehow when the weather is terrible, the inner children come out in the professional workplace. People are giggling at their desks, someone is heating up hot chocolate mix, someone is munching on animal crackers (that would be me), and everyone has weather.com up as if the radar is going to give us a personal message […]

She is precious. Honestly. And even her cry that starts as just a little whimper that soon turns into a screech is the cutest thing you’ve ever heard. She wasn’t keen on having her photos taken, but we went with it anyway. As I left, I thought to myself again how awesome it is to […]

Old couples are cute. Case 1) Ramona and I were in Des Moines at the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium to be guest pianists at the Iowa Prayer Breakfast. The day before, we played at the Governor’s Mansion and got to take photos with the Governor (Tom Vilsack at the time) and his wife, Christie. Regardless of […]