Of the estimated 1.2 million couples who will tie the knot this year, as many as 65 percent won’t survive. You get better odds in Vegas – especially if that’s where you tied the knot. Why such dismal numbers? My thoughts are that the average couple stumbles to the altar after years (or months) of […]

His life hasn’t been a cakewalk. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother was left to raise three boys on her own. Constant struggle surrounded the family, with everything from unpaid electric bills to living in the backyard shed of a family friend. But that didn’t kill the ambition, the drive or […]

October is Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, and there have been articles, interviews and specials focusing on the issue. I’m happy so much media attention is being given to this serious and important topic. I realize that bullying is a tremendous problem in our school system, but it never was one that hit really close to […]

There tends to be a well-meaning sweetness in the lies parents tell their kids, which is a very good thing, since we seem to tell a lot of them. Yes, that indecipherable crayon scribble looks exactly like Grandma. No, I didn’t put that tooth-fairy money under your pillow. Santa Clause ate the cookies and countless […]

This week we lost two men that could be considered all of the above and then some. Activist Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth is credited as being the soul of the civil rights movement and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who created technology the world never knew it needed but now can’t live without. While they were two […]

“Where are you going, my little one, little one Where are you going, my baby, my own? Turn around and you’re two, turn around and you’re four Turn around, and you’re a young man going out of my door …” Those lyrics to a classic song, “Turn Around,” could bring a tear to any mother’s […]

One of life’s biggest mysteries for me is learning the art of being still. According to an ancient African proverb, “You cannot see yourself in running water.” In her book, “Value in the Valley,” author Iyanla Vanzant says, “Only in the stillness of mind and body can we come to ‘know’ what action to take […]

“What’s the worse that can happen?” When you start off any venture with that sentence at the forefront, you’re usually in for an adventure at best and an emotional rollercoaster at worst. When my co-host and I decided to do a “Mamas Gone Wild” episode about sex with your ex, we knew on some levels […]

President Obama has announced the American Jobs Act, and Episode Six of”Mamas Gone Wild” tells us how to say no to unemployment by learning to brand ourselves and market our skill sets using social media and old-fashioned networking. It’s clear, though, that it’s not our grandparents’ or even our parents’ job market out there. People […]

Ask any real mom what’s going on, and she’ll tell you a lot. And if she’s like the moms I know, she aint lyin’. But as much time as we spend doing work, church, rehearsals, appointments, school, mani-pedis, yoga, et al, we have to make time to nurture, maintain and rejuvenate our relationships with our […]

“You teach people how to treat you.” The first time I ever heard this concept was on an “Oprah Winfrey Show” episode some years ago. She followed it up with another truth: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time!” When people have pathological tendencies or just general craziness, unless you’re […]

So, a new study has come out that says more unwed parents are living together. According to the stats from the National Marriage Project, unwed couples who have had children together have increased 12-fold since 1970. If you’re happily (or unhappily) married with kids, it might be hard to understand why or how two people […]