Mom Cimorelli

"Watch out for the men in this town. They like the young girls." This piece of advice came from a checker at a grocery store when we moved to Malibu in 2010, just as my daughters were about to sign a record deal with one of the iconic Universal Music labels as the singing group Cimorelli. Welcome to Los Angeles and the entertainment industry. It certainly wasn't a secret that there were predators in Hollywood. Even the checkers at the grocery store knew. "Don't be naive! Thos

Are you living with purpose? Or maybe you're just existing, crossing off the days on the calendar and unintentionally counting down until you die. Or maybe you never quite looked at it that way before, but that's the reality. Either you are living with purpose, or you are just existing. If you want to have a shot at leading an extraordinary life, however, you have to do more than just exist. The good news is, you can change it all in a moment. It's all about decisions, and yo

I met Chris Stefanick in 2008 in Folsom, CA, when he was the speaker at a church conference for teens on purity, a conference that just happened to be my kids' singing group's first gig as a real band. His message had a very powerful impact on my kids and really helped shape their views on life and relationships. I remember when we left that day, one of my girls said to me, “Mom, I really get it now!” Chris hit them at just the right moment, when they were just starting out,

It's October, it finally cooled down here (a little bit), and that means it's time to get out the Fall decorations because Halloween is right around the corner. The first thing to do is shop for pumpkins! Joey and his photo-bombing sisters Dani and Lisa in the background, shopping for pumpkins Some years we've grown accidental pumpkins, which was really fun. Accidental pumpkins happen when you carve pumpkins outside, spray the seeds off the patio with the hose and into the su