A few days ago, as we were walking through a restaurant, I overheard someone whisper with excitement… “Honey, LOOK! That’s Daniel Craig!” (Daniel Craig? The actor who played James Bond?) Yep, that’s my hubby! It happens all the time. Wherever we go, just walking down the street or in the airport, people always mistake David […]

Before I was even born, my biological dad in Canada gave me up. Then, I was adopted by my stepdad in the United States, when I was three. I think that’s why I’m kind of an overachiever now. Yeah. Because somewhere in my head, I think – maybe if I can WORK long enough, TRY […]

Getting hit doesn’t only hurt on the outside, it hurts on the inside, too. My ex-husband physically abused me—broke my rib, and herniated the C7 disc in my neck. (So much for restraining orders.) It took me a while to really come BACK from all that. He threw me through a wall. He kicked through […]

I didn’t marry David until Austin was seven years old. So, I remember what it’s like being a single mom— trying my best to be BOTH mom and dad, on my own. I think anybody with parents that split up, anyone adopted, or who grew up not even knowing their dad or mom— we tend […]

I was born to my mom, in Canada, and got adopted in the US by my stepdad, when I was three years old. When they tried to issue me an American passport— they couldn’t find any record of me. It was like… I DIDN’T EVEN EXIST! That fact really threw me off. I felt WORTHLESS— […]