The Texas legislature is getting back to work. This time around the budget is taking center stage. I’m writing this while I wait for the head of the Dallas Federal Reserve to talk about how oil prices have affected Texas. Two years ago, the price of oil was dropping, but the outlook on the budget…… MORE
We just finished the holiday season. A time to show your loved ones how you feel by sharing a gift, like the Wise Men brought gifts to Baby Jesus. I asked my Facebook friends what they bought themselves for Christmas. Many of them said “nothing.” Not surprising to me most of the “nothings” came from…… MORE
If your Facebook “friends” are anything like mine, you were made to feel like the butt of their jokes during Friday’s “winter storm.”… MORE
2016 was a difficult year. I watched someone very special to me lose a hard-fought battle with cancer at the beginning of the year. What helped me get through it was to remember to take in life’s beautiful moments. It’s something that I have always done but it seemed to resonate with me more this…… MORE
Growing up in the Midwest, Christmas was something my family launched into at full speed. Then that seemed to slow a bit the older I got. Present Day, my Christmas comes in the middle of the month. Traveling back to the Kansas City area to see my family, exchanging gifts, then it’s back home to…… MORE