
How Being a Mom Made Me a Better Business Woman
“Mom.” “Mom.” “Mom.” “MOM!!!” Lucas’s volume has risen to ear splitting decibels with each punctuated request for my attention as we are...

Small Steps to Change
“All or Nothing” That’s been my life motto. Eat the whole bag of cookies or none. Either do the project perfect or not at all. Speak up...

Schools Need Art
Schools need art. They need to create art and they need to see art. After several years of observing children, often my own, I state...

How I Fight Artist and Mommy Fatigue
As my eyes popped open (well, more like slowly, stubbornly creaked open), I was faced with another day. And I didn’t want to do any of...

The Necessity of Margin
“I need some space!” A common statement by my eldest...especially in the morning and especially toward his younger brother. We all need...

The Blog Red Carpet...
Sometimes when you are working really hard in front of a computer screen, posting things on the world wide web, it is really easy to get...

Learning to Play
I’ve come to a realization as the summer has started to become less magical and more routine. I am terrible at playing. I noticed this...

The Many Layers of Me and My Art: Why I Started a Blog (Part 1)
My hope is that this blog will fill the gap when I cannot talk to a curious “sojourner” in person. Consider this our twice monthly coffee d

Accepting My Dual Calling
I am both an artist and a mother. This first part of my identity became apparent very early on in life. However, it was not until I was...