In high school, I thought things were FINALLY starting to go my way. I was a varsity cheerleader. (Kind of my dream, especially for a girl almost six-foot-tall.) I got to wear the cute outfit and I earned the lead in our high school musical. Things seemed to be going really great for me! And […]

 Have you ever let the PAIN from your past keep you from living your best life? I have. In my first marriage, I got HURT! (No, literally—he herniated the C7 disc in my neck!) I’m probably not supposed to do crazy things like— oh, I don’t know—bungee jump off a bridge! Could I REALLY […]

On my way to speak at a Casa de Dios, a HUGE mega-church in Guatemala, I kept trying to roll down my window. I told my driver (a cute little soccer mom), “Hey, my window won’t roll down. I think the child lock is on.” She calmly assured me, “Oh, it’s not a child lock. […]

On the track at the Talladega Superspeedway, they told me to LISTEN to the guy on the headset! “Don’t go until HE tells you to!” (How am I supposed to trust a guy I’ve never seen? You know what I’m saying?) That was my SPOTTER. He told me what to do so I didn’t get […]

Are you living on the fringes of ADDICTION? Maybe you’re a wife, daughter, mother, son, cousin, or best friend. Addictions affect SO many people! Believe me—I KNOW what it’s like! I went through it ALL with my ex-husband. He had a great job until prescription medications led him to cocaine. When he didn’t come home, […]