Sound Check Mama

Jon Bon Jovi never gets old

By Sound Check Mama | life, music, pop culture, relationships

You say you’ve cried a thousand rivers And now you’re swimming for the shore I

Keep me hanging on

By Sound Check Mama | life, relationships

I got some great suggestions from friends regarding last week’s post on the rules of

Here’s my number …

By Sound Check Mama | life, relationships

I asked that question on Facebook last month and, according to my connections, the answer

‘Tis the season for lights, lights, lights

By Sound Check Mama | Alabama, family, life

Riley, my mom and dad, and I drove out to the local Christmas light display

What do I say?

By Sound Check Mama | family, life, parenting, relationships

I want to write something, but I don’t know what to say. It’s not a

Campfire story

By Sound Check Mama | Alabama, family, life, parenting

Daddy tells us about him and his buddies being stranded after the car ran out

Best weekend in a long time

By Sound Check Mama | Alabama, family, life, movies, parenting, relationships, sports

Riley and I spent Memorial Day weekend at my parents’ and it was good for

Burn, baby, burn

By Sound Check Mama | life, relationships

Yesterday I was doing laundry and piddling when I came across my journal from my

Party down on New Year’s Eve

By Sound Check Mama | family, life, movies, music, parenting, pop culture

We made good on our New Year’s Eve plans by getting dressed up and going

Saturday Night and the Single Mom

By Sound Check Mama | Alabama, family, freelance, life, parenting, relationships, writing

Here’s my latest column for Birmingham Parent. Read it and come back and tell me

Warning: 2012 will bring honesty

By Sound Check Mama | Alabama, books, family, freelance, health, life, parenting, relationships, sports, writing

In 2012, honesty is the word here – I’ll be writing about what’s really on

Jingle, jingle, jingle

By Sound Check Mama | cochlear implant, deafness/hearing loss, family, health, hearing, life, parenting

Imagine the sounds of the Christmas season: the ripping of wrapping paper, the squeal of