I admit when I first came across the new MAC Strength ad with a female bodybuilder, I was a bit startled. Is this real? Yes it is, unlike, the fake “My butt is big” Nike ad that circulated the internet a few years ago. Who is this beautiful woman in the ad? Her name is Jelena Abbou. […]

  I’ve been writing this blog for almost 5 years and with the New Year I’m reevaluating where I want to go with the site. It’s been a great hobby with many rewards. I’ve made many friends who I would not have met otherwise and blogging has helped to keep me accountable and motivated. Since starting […]

A few weeks ago, we visited a small church. As part of the service four tables or stations with reflective activities were set up around the room.  At one of the station there were thin slices of tree trunk on which we were invited to write a word of the year. I chose the word, […]

I thought I was fit and then I snowboarded. I thought I was mentally stable and then I moved to the mountains in an RV for the winter. We got up to the mountains last Wednesday evening. Friday the boys and I went snowboarding. I only fell 10,000 times. The good news is I didn’t break […]

There have been times when I have been trying to get everyone out the door and I have ended up sobbing on the couch because what should be a simple task—getting lunches packed, shoes on, remembering to grab the the package I need to mail— just feels like too much. It’s the feeling of not being […]

What does it mean to live? I mean really live? I’ve been asking myself this question this month as we have been preparing to head west for a spot 10,000 feet above sea level where we will spend the winter snowboarding and freezing our butts off in our RV.  It’s insane. For starters, it’s stretching […]

Last Wednesday, I awoke with a nasty cold that knocked me out and left unable to think clearly for a week. That wasn’t the only bad news. In fact, my cold seemed minor compared to the California election results. As you know by now, Prop 37 did not pass. The disappointment was overwhelming. It was […]

I’ll be the first to admit that we aren’t a 100% GMO free family. I want to be and I try. I really do. We limit our GMOs but it can be a pain. It’s a pain because my kids are older now. They have their own likes and dislikes which are important to respect. […]

After driving 24,717 miles and visiting all but 9 of the contiguous states, we celebrated our one year roadiversary. On my travel blog I wrote about what it’s really like being a family on the road and living fulltime in a 300 square foot RV with three other people. I thought here on Girl Heroes I’d share […]

The night of the presidential debates, I received the above direct message on Twitter from, shall I call her, Frannie FYI. At first, I was confused. Why is Frannie FYI messaging me? What does “ab” mean? Adult baby? Is that her blood type? But what confused me most of all was I didn’t post a […]