Sound Check Mama

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

Blue Christmas

By Sound Check Mama | family, music, parenting, writing

Every time I’ve come here to write, I’ve decided against it. But today’s the day.

That’s the way I like it

By Sound Check Mama | music, pop culture, writing

Here’s a fun music survey from Music Savvy Mom. Post your answers on your blog

A change has come

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

I haven’t blogged about this yet, but I love my new job (part time) as

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

By Sound Check Mama | Alabama, books, deafness/hearing loss, family, movies, parenting, pop culture, writing

I took Riley to see Diary of a Wimpy Kid a couple of weeks ago.

Happy Birthday to Jon Bon Jovi

By Sound Check Mama | movies, music, pop culture, writing

Today is my rock star fantasy’s birthday: JBJ is 48 and still rockin’. Here’s a

Today I am 38

By Sound Check Mama | family, health, music, parenting, pop culture, writing

My birthday is today. I didn’t do much, but that’s OK. I took Riley to

Focusing on my subjects

By Sound Check Mama | cochlear implant, deafness/hearing loss, family, hearing, parenting, pop culture, sports, writing

Here’s the blogging schedule I’m going to try to keep so I’ll have some focus.

Coping with a child’s hearing loss

By Sound Check Mama | cochlear implant, deafness/hearing loss, family, health, hearing, pop culture, writing

ADVANCE for Audiologists magazine featured my family’s story as part of a series on Maintaining

A Southern afternoon long ago

By Sound Check Mama | Alabama, family, Featured, parenting, writing

This short short story is just a compilation of memories from my childhood. I’m not

Jonathan Tyler and The Northern Lights

By Sound Check Mama | Featured, music, pop culture, writing

Kim and I headed to Crossroads in the pouring rain to hear Jonathan Tyler and