Can You Relate?
Momma always told me there’d be phases like this: the wild toddler phase, the eye roll phase, the defining-relationships, managing-menopause and losing-my-mind phases. Can you relate? Then this blog’s for you.
Netted from years of newspaper columns and personal essays, my stories cover the phases of life where the ability to smile can be a sanity saver. I may be a writer with a fishy last name, but my tales are true (mostly).
I invite you to jump right in and catch some laughs.
Can You Relate?
Momma always told me there’d be phases like this: the wild toddler phase, the eye roll phase, the defining-relationships, managing-menopause and losing-my-mind phases. Can you relate? Then this blog’s for you.
Netted from years of newspaper columns and personal essays, my stories cover the phases of life where the ability to smile can be a sanity saver. I may be a writer with a fishy last name, but my tales are true (mostly).
I invite you to jump right in and catch some laughs.
My Stories are in These Books!
Laugh Out Loud: 40 Women Humorists Celebrate Then and Now…Before We Forget is by 40 funny ladies from the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop (including yours truly, Lisa Marlin, confessing to being a Madonna Wannabe in 1985 and why I’m thankful social media did not exist back then).
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love features the true love stories of 101 authors, including mine! My story is about a Kansas boy flirting with a Missouri girl when they were teens and how they ended up together 30+ years later.
For more information and how to purchase these books, click here.
My Stories are in These Books!
Laugh Out Loud: 40 Women Humorists Celebrate Then and Now…Before We Forget is by 40 funny ladies from the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop (including yours truly, Lisa Marlin, confessing to being a Madonna Wannabe in 1985 and why I’m thankful social media did not exist back then).
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love features the true love stories of 101 authors, including mine! My story is about a Kansas boy flirting with a Missouri girl when they were teens and how they ended up together 30+ years later.
For more information and how to purchase these books, click here.
A Driving Force
A Pink Ribbon Family Tree is Cause to Run, and to Dance
I cried as I traced each name that was inscribed on twelve pink ribbons that the artist had drawn into the shape of a tree.
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My kid, the malapropist
She was innocent until proven funny. But I’m glad my daughter spoke up, because had Grace remained silent that day, we would have been robbed of this precious misunderstanding.
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Flipping yogurt: a recipe under duress
Feeling a little frazzled? Here’s a recipe for you: Set aside spatula, frying pan, large container of vanilla yogurt and one small dog.
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A final performance becomes the best gift of all
The very best gift came in the living room of my parents’ Oklahoma home in 2006 where my siblings and our children had convened from across the country.
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Too many M&M’s and 23 other reasons it’s hard to write
It’s easy to write about why it’s hard to write. My top 24 reasons include not feeling so good after devouring one too many M&M’s.
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Happy 60th, Madonna, and thanks for the material
Happy birthday, Madonna, and thanks for helping me get published this year. Add that to your list of lifetime achievements as you turn 60 today.
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