Public Speaking: Just say no

My twin sister and I were recently asked to speak to a women’s group. We are a little rusty because we’ve actively avoided being at the front of a non-GTWoman event for about a year now. It’s not that we don’t like it. It’s just that it always plays out like this: The excitement When anyone […]

Spring Break Trip & The Caravan

Spring is not in the air. However, it’s on our minds. It’s almost time for our annual spring break trip to Gulf Shores. For six years we’ve made the trip south with sisters, kids and dad in tow. And the caravan there has taught us a thing or two about business. Three cars all traveling […]

The minivan affair

I’ve recently started a pretty intimate relationship with someone new. It happens twice a day, sometimes three. I could do it all day, but 5 minutes is heaven too. I look forward to it the minute I drop the kids off at school. It’s not with another man, it’s with my minivan. The day begins […]

Running Late to School & The Shortcut

Get in the car. Now. I have a problem. But only from 8:30-8:45 every morning. It never fails, when it’s time to leave for school, we’re late. I can get to school in 15 minutes. Really, it should take 20. Taking only 15 is the sign of a very bad morning. The most contentious route […]

Gulf Shores family trip

Editor’s note: Many of you are suspicious that I am “Lainey.” So, confession: While some parts are fiction (if my dad is reading this, this passage is complete fiction), most of it is me, the me that misses my mom, loves to bike and to cuddle my kiddos. It’s a book that I hope talks […]