Sports Writer Turned Suburban Mom

Big Ten, big trip, big fun for kids
Hi blog readers! Yes, this blog still exists. I notice that my last post was almost a year ago, which...

Big Game, Big Ten
There's a reason for the title of this blog, even though I've gone pretty light on the sports content since...

A gift to children
I first visited Dayton Children’s Hospital in 2011. The Junior League of Dayton, a women’s volunteer organization I joined a...

Product review — Noodle and Boo
When I was pregnant with my first child, I read all the baby books and magazines, signed up for all...

Boo!
Knock, knock... anyone still out there? Bueller? Welcome to my redesigned website! Isn't it great? Thanks to Sumy Designs for...

…To Be Happy
Happy New Year! It’s almost a month into 2017, and granted, I’ve been excited about this year for a while....

LuLaLa!
Stick around any “mom” group on Facebook, and you’re likely to be inundated by requests to purchase all sorts of...

Waxing poetic on August, September
I was born in November and my brother was born in December. My mom still doesn’t know what she was...

Go, Pokemon, Go!
It was 8 p.m. on a Saturday evening at the local park around the corner from our home. The weather...

Exposure makes you cold
As a former full-time newspaper reporter, I'm used to getting paid for my work. My free writing -- literally --...