August 4, 2023

Barbie and Me

Like millions of others, I saw the Barbie Movie on its opening weekend. My 24 year old daughter was coming home and wanted to see it and for some reason that had to be on opening weekend.  After watching the preview for the movie my husband decided he maybe wanted to go too so I purchased tickets and we took […]

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October 22, 2022

Grief and Pain

Grief and pain are funny things. Science tells us that there are five stages of grief.  Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance are the most commonly discussed stages of grief.  Most of us think about this occurring when there has been the death of someone close to us.  But the reality is that death is not the only thing that […]

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October 9, 2022

Dear Jimbo, My 2022 Frustrations with Aggie Football.

Dear Jimbo, I feel the need to write a letter this season that I am sure as last season you will not read or respond to. I entered this season with a sense of trepidation.  While my husband held firmly to the belief that this is the year before THE year I knew I had heard that too many times […]

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April 16, 2022

Choosing Happiness

Do you know how hard it is to love someone who doesn’t love themselves?  Before I get started – No, this is not about my husband, or my marriage, or anything personal.  It is just me having a moment of musing and thinking maybe someone, somewhere needs to read this right now. So many of us struggle with not loving […]

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February 26, 2022

Pray for Ukraine

When I was a child, I felt safe but there was always a fear of nuclear war.  I grew up in the time of the Cold War.  I was born far enough into it that I only had tornado drills at my school, not bomb drills. However, it was very clear in my youth who the scary countries were for […]

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October 3, 2021

The Pain of Being an Aggie Football Fan

Dear Jimbo, I have been an Aggie fan for a very long time.  I have suffered the highs and frequent lows of loving this team.  I can’t remember a time when we came into a season ranked as high as we did this year.  My husband attended Texas Tech but I’ve created a monster in him and he loves Aggie […]

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May 9, 2021

Female Sexuality and Empowerment

Why is women’s sexuality such a hard topic to discuss?  I still feel there is a disparity between the way sexually active women are perceived versus men.  And certainly the burden of consequences – mainly having a child – still falls on women for both prevention and the decisions and lifelong changes or commitments should pregnancy occur. But that is […]

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April 5, 2021

Identity

It is finally time for me to get this question off my chest.  It’s going to be controversial.  It shouldn’t be because it is a sincere question that I have.  In today’s society questions like this seem to be controversial though.  And sadly, people may not read past the question before they decide to make a judgement about my intent […]

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January 1, 2021

Welcome 2020 plus 1

We did it! We survived 2020! If anyone ever needed proof that misery loves company I believe 2020 delivered. It sometimes amazed me to hear an individual bemoaning how hard 2020 had been on that one person. I would gently try to point out that I believed everyone had been affected in some way. But as is so often true […]

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