Now that I’m back home, I figured I’d give myself a fresh start, and do something I should have a done a long, long time ago. Although my office looks—and is—completely disorganized, I pride myself on being able to immediately find something I need. But my powers of detection would be severely tested if I [...]
Written by my daughter Alli: In my life, I could have said “I never signed up for this” thousands of times, but there is one thing I did, quite literally, sign up for, and that was being a military spouse. When my husband Shane and I met, he was already in the Army, so I [...]
Maybe you just read, as I did, that U.S. beach volleyball star Kerry Walsh lost her gold wedding band in the sand during her match today. A team of volunteers combed through the sand with metal detectors and located it after a 20-minute search. For me that story had the immediate “ring” of truth. I [...]
There’s one member of my immediate family I haven’t yet mentioned on my blog. And when I say that she is an integral part of my life, I know millions of people understand what I mean because pets truly are part of the family. We love them the way we love our children (at some [...]
I always thought she was gorgeous. That face. That skin. That elegant willowy body. And talented. Period English films. Pirate action movies. A teenage soccer movie. What couldn’t that girl do? In addition to all that, Keira Knightley, age 23, now becomes my inspiration. For standing up to the Hollywood system and the popular culture [...]
