Lela Davidson's Blog, page 11
June 10, 2013
Funny Mom Tracy Beckerman, Found in Suburbia

Tracy Beckerman is a very funny mom. I met her on a rooftop party in San Diego during BlogHer’11 at one of those exclusive brand parties I don’t really get invited to. When a girl’s got friends, she sometimes get’s put on the list. Anyway, I was drinking a dirty martini and chatting up various bloggers and other funny moms I knew or did not know when I saw HER through the crowd.
Ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod it’s Tracy Beckerman!
[Note: I only said that in my head.]
Anyway, here was THE Tracy Beckerma...
June 7, 2013
Listen To Your Mother 2013
We will have pretty pictures soon, but I wanted to get my thoughts down before any more time passed. Because it’s been a week! A week since our sophomore effort in the Listen To Your Mother game. And I’ve still not quite got my thoughts together. But here they are, for what it’s worth.
I chose the image above because it represents my favorite part about this show. No, not the obsessive over-eyeliner-ing and the pageant hair, but the relationships. This show brings together people from very dif...
June 6, 2013
After the Promposal, Before the Prom, You Gotta Have the Pics!

This is how we did prom pictures old school, with balloons and tissue paper.
Chances are your prom picture featured a butcher paper background with glitter and a bucket full of carnations, or perhaps an archway made of balloons. Those old photo-ops are still around, but more kids are opting for a professional, pre-prom photo shoot to capture the day.
The genius marketing strategy of the photography industry has become a booming business, and St. Louis photographer Dana Tate is part of the growi...
June 3, 2013
She Died With an Empty Inbox
An empty inbox is not a worthy goal. You know that, I know it, and yet we still succumb to it. Email is our evil master sucking precious minutes and hours from our day. Down with email! Okay, so maybe the problem isn’t the messenger (or the message for that matter). Maybe the problem is us. We give in to the lure of the delusional idea that if we just take care of a few more things–those things in our email–we will be “done.” And doesn’t that feel so good? To be done, to check that item off t...
May 29, 2013
40 Days of Yoga and the Big Lie About Habits
In February I finally committed to and completed 40 days in a row of yoga, Baron Baptist flow style. I had wanted to do this for a long time for a lot of reasons.
I wanted a more consistent home yoga practice, because $15 a class is a bargain, but it adds up. Plus that pesky to and fro to the lovely studio is not always schedule-friendly.
I also wanted to work on my form. You know, go deep into my practice, whatever that means.
And then there’s the fact that I had a trip to Cancun looming and I...
May 23, 2013
What’s In Your Lunch Box?
When iVillage asked me to round up some typical lunch box inventories I was all like, “Sure!” Because that’s what you say when you are a freelance writer. Then I had to get deep into the research, because the lunches coming out of this house are not exactly exotic.
While we are a very pro-Take-Your-Lunch family, I can’t remember the last time I actually packed a kid’s lunch. During my lunch-packing days I played old school with a sandwich, a fruit, and something treat-y. You know, rice cakes o...
May 22, 2013
Dear Teenagers: Yes, Sex Was a Thing Back Then
So the other day I was crowd-sourcing my Toyota for story pitch ideas… We started talking about prom and pictures and limos, etc. These were not unique story angles. I needed something to work with.
“What else are they doing?” I asked.
My son thought about my question before offering this super secret insider intel:
“Well, a lot of people plan to have sex after prom.”
I just looked at him. Really?
Not really, as in oh my heavens no, kids actually have sex? More like really, that’s all you got?
“Oh,...
May 18, 2013
Rogers Water Park in My Backyard
These are the people who I will be taking to the Rogers Water Park any time they want. Why? Because it is about five minutes from my house, it’s awesome, and as water parks go, it is practically free.
(They might have said: “How many pictures are there going to be? Seriously. MOM.”)
Way to go City of Rogers!
Also, technically it’s called the Rogers Aquatics Center, but we’re not holding that against them.
Check out their Facebook page here.
These are the high speed slides. Going down one of these...
May 17, 2013
Spreadsheets to Stories, My Project Eve Interview
You may learn something new about me in this interview by Rhonda Franz on a great site that promotes, supports, and celebrates women’s entrepreneurship.
Less than a decade ago, Lela was pushing the pen as accountant for a big firm. She took the leap from addition to essays and hasn’t looked back. She now successfully runs her freelance writing and media business from her home office—keeping a firm eye on two kids, a husband, and one dog, and a neighborhood full of funny stories just waiting to...
May 14, 2013
Celebrating My Yoga Mat with FREE Kindle Copies!
Sometimes it’s hard for me to believe that there are two books out there with my name on the spine and my words on all the pages. It is impossible to thank everyone who has supported my writing up to this point. Whether you have bought books, helped me with an event, run my stories in your magazines, or just shared a kind word, I thank you.
In celebration of Who Peed on My Yoga Mat? being honored with a Benjamin Franklin Award, it’s going to be FREE until Saturday! Please tell your friends to...