Here we are, friends!  We are back in the season of Lent that it feels like we never really left from last year.  I mean, it’s hard to believe that all of this pandemic stuff started 11 months ago, just shortly after Ash Wednesday.  Nevertheless, […]

It’s here, y’all!! The AWG Podcast Season 2 is here! I am so excited to share this season with you.  So far, there are 10 episodes all lined up and in the queue, ready to hit your earbuds every Thursday for the next couple of […]

Hey there, blog readers! Turns out, I haven’t actually forgotten how to type or spell or write.  My digits still work, thank goodness, but writing has been super difficult for me lately.  My concentration game is down.  And, well, let’s just put this out in […]

Have you ever felt there’s a disconnect between the way you see yourself in your mind’s eye and what shows up in the mirror?  Does it seem that how you feel on the inside doesn’t match  up with how you look on the outside?  Is […]

One odd thing about 2020 (among the many), is that my desire to put up with crappy books has dropped.  Considerably.  Where I used to slog through a book just to see how it ended, I will now happily either shut it or flip to […]

How do you give thanks when the last thing you’re feeling is grateful? How do you respond to St. Paul’s invitation to “give thanks in all circumstances” when the whole year feels like a dumpster fire? When you really take the time to look through […]

Is this your first year cooking a Thanksgiving turkey?  Does the idea of getting dinner on the table, Thanksgiving or otherwise, make you break out in hives?  Do slumpy pie crusts make you angry?  Would you like to hear two middle aged, midwestern moms of […]

If we are honest with ourselves, we know that addiction is a disease that touches all of our lives.  Maybe it doesn’t dwell in our own home, but in that of a family member or loved one.  Maybe the addiction isn’t to alcohol or drugs, […]

Hold onto your hats, kids, because this is one amazing podcast episode!  On today’s episode I talk all things 2020 and Holidays with the inimitable Mary Lenaburg.  We laugh, we reminisce…it’s a grand old time.  And Mary does as she is wont to do.  Namely, […]

I think we can all agree that the world is a harder, even scarier, place than it was when we were teens, be that 10, 20, 40 years ago.  So how do we make the most of our kids’ teenage years?  How do we, as […]