More times than not the football field has saved me.

It’s been there for me to scream and yell. It’s allowed me to let out frustrations without judgement.

It’s been there for me to laugh and cheer out in joy.

It’s been there for me to cry when the chips are stacked against me.

It’s picked me up when I’m down, and knocked me down when I was too high.

You see, the same field that pulls my husband away, is the same field that has save...

I love Fall. Everything about it. The cooler weather, leaves changing colors, pumpkin EVERYTHING, and what’s the sport that consumes my family? Oh yes, FOOTBALL!

Some of my favorite holidays are in the Fall too. My birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving - pause for a moment of a mental “smell” of Thanksgiving Day feast…ah, heavenly - Fall break and let’s not forget the build-up to Christmas!

Of course when you’re a coaches wife you g...

Grief is a funny thing. One moment you’re fine, staying afloat in the never ending sea you’re in, and the next twenty foot waves are crashing over you one after another never allowing you to catch your breath. The difference is, when you are standing on the beach looking out, you can see waves coming. You know when and when not to get in. You know when to hold your breath. Not with grief. You’re never on the beach. You’re cons...

There is a saying, I'm sure most of you have heard it, "What you don't know can't hurt you", or "ignorance is bliss".

I'm sure that can be true sometimes, but overall, what you don't know CAN hurt you. Knowledge is wealth, knowledge is power. The more you know the better off you will be.

A few years ago, I thought all cannabis was the same. I thought CBD could only help children with epilepsy, or cancer patients. I thought in or...

It’s mid-season and I’m tired.

That point is here. Some years it comes sooner and some years it comes later, but make no mistake, it always comes. You know the one I’m talking about? The week where all the pre-game jitters have settled down to the point they are almost non-existent. The Friday that I’m not overly nervous and my anxiousness is for the game to be over, not to start.

That point when resentment has set in and boils...

I drove away from the fieldhouse today with wails from my toddler only wanting to play with his Daddy. He doesn’t understand why he can’t play ball with the big boys on the field. He doesn’t understand why Daddy isn’t home for goodnight kisses anymore. He doesn’t understand on Friday nights why he can’t run out on the field and play. And he doesn’t understand that it’s simply football season, and soon enough, Daddy will be bac...

Can you feel it in the air? Can you smell it on the dirty clothes in your laundry room? Can you hear it in the talk around town? Football season is almost here! Before you know it training camp will be here, two-a-days, scrimmages; then the lights will flip on, the crowd will cheer, the team will run out and you'll see your man put on his headset with a tightness in your stomach, praying you go home with a win.

R...

This summer, Chandler and I are celebrating nine years together and five years married! To the parents and grandparents of our generation five years is nothing, but for us, being with someone for nearly a decade and still (happily) married five years later is almost as rare as a unicorn! So, here are the five things I've realized must happen to have a successful marriage: 

1. Don't Enter Into Marriage with Someone Who Isn'...

When Camp was three months old we ventured out on our first family beach vacation. I won't lie to you, it wasn't

great. I soon realized heat + sand + humidity + baby = disaster. At that age babies can't regulate their internal temperature so I was constantly worried he was over heating, having too much breeze from the fan stuck in his face, or going to be sick to his stomach from the milk souring on his stomach. All in all, in...