Life and Times of...

So much talk right now: Who is running for mayor? Who do you think would be best? What do you like about so and so, and what do you think is...

We all have that person, that no matter what anyone else says, or no matter how much you hear something, until that person says something, n...

Thanksgiving. Traditions and family rituals often times just get reproduced with little thought, and slowly over time merge and change....

Just over ten years ago I set foot on the campus of IU South Bend as the new Director of Student Life. That job made me a Hoosier, made me ...

On September 7th, 2018, Harold Coates of Saginaw, MI passed away. He was a husband, father, mechanic, good Christian, small business owner, ...

Time for a new hashtag. This past weekend I turned forty. It was at a doctor appointment around this time last year that my doctor said I n...

It was an interesting week in news, so interesting that I had to write a blog about it. Also, no I won't end this blog saying I will blo...

I was reflecting, on how great of a mom I have, and how great D is as a mom, and how blessed I am to have such a great relationship with Tam...

I get asked a lot, what my days look like since I am so busy. I hate the term "busy", I prefer efficient. I think busy sounds like...

So tonight is the night, "In The Heights" opens at the South Bend Civic Theatre tonight at 7:30PM. It is my stage debut... I can...

It’s been a year since my interview with Anderson Cooper. As usual 80% of what you tell a journalist doesn’t make the news… so I wanted ...

So in this blog I will describe how I changed my diet to get this done. Road Trip breaks... healthy snacks.  Like I mentioned in the o...

Follow up to my blog " Why I Did It " is the details on HOW, the Workouts Edition. Well first off, it wasn't easy, it took t...

So the cat is out the bag, I lost some weight. I didn't think it would be such a dramatic transformation, I didn't think people wo...

I do a lot of advocacy work, basically ask me to speak, name the topic, and I am there for you. In our community I have spoke to youth group...

I was reminded recently on the power of a sincere thank you. A local reporter who I worked with on a lot of stories with asked to get a beer...