I grew up in an entrepreneurial family. We were taught early that “nothing happens until somebody sells something.” My parents churned out six reasonably successful adults with a shared passion for moving products from the shelf to someone’s shopping cart. I started my career at 24 as a sales trainer and motivational speaker in the […]
From Cougar to Crazy Cat Lady. Has it Happened to You?
Several years ago, around the mid-70s, Gail Sheehy wrote a book called “Passages,” where she described the various stages we go through during the decades between our 20s through our 50s. It was wildly popular, and is still a top seller to people looking to understand the emotional process of aging. Ms. Sheehy kind of wraps it up around […]
I Filed for Divorce. Didn’t You Get My Text?
Conduct any kind of survey, and you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn’t agree that social media has forever changed the way our society communicates with each other. Conversations that used to have to wait until we saw each in person or when one of us got the message on our answering […]
How to Write a Blog Post in 15 EZ Steps
A friend stopped by recently and announced she was thinking about starting a blog and she needed some advice. After I stopped snort-laughing about the fact that anyone would ask my advice about blogging, I agreed to explain my process of posting. “How do you get people to read your posts?” she asked. “That is what you’ll spend most of your […]
I Could Have Had a Baby By Now. Instead I Started a Blog
Nine months ago, Laugh Lines went “live.” I’d thought about starting a blog for some time, and had even halfheartedly tried it a year or two earlier. But it really had no purpose, no reason to exist, so when I quickly discovered that successful blogs are, plainly stated, a butt-load of WORK, my first attempt […]
My Second-Cousin’s Sister’s Boyfriend’s Goat Told Hubs I Have a Blog. And That’s How Rumors Get Started
My husband has never read my blog. Not once. Not. A. Single. Post. In his defense, he hates the computer, and generally sees it as a huge time-sucker that exists purely to frustrate him whenever he tries to look up the price of used fishing boats for sale within a 65-mile radius. If he needs […]
Those Are Real?? Apparently God Takes Visa
A friend of mine recently had her breasts “upsized,” and she’s determined that no one will ever know they’re not natural. Okay, babe. Love ya, but we need a tiny reality check here. You’re 50. You weigh 103 pounds, and you’re a size 2 (and we’re still friends, which shows what a secure woman I […]
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