Kelli Bruemmer
Kelli is a native Okie with a larger-than-life personality and an unhealthy dose of sarcasm. She married Bobby in 2011, and they welcomed daughter, Maevyn, in 2013. Maevyn is autistic, and every day is a new adventure in discovering how her unique mind works. Life on their NE Oklahoma City acreage is never dull, and they enjoy RV camping and Sooner football. Kelli is a former law enforcement officer who now works full-time at the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office facilitating programs that keep people safe on our roadways. She also enjoys consulting for Beautycounter, advocating for tougher legislation in the US beauty industry, stifling inappropriate profanity, managing her RBF, looking for the nearest restroom, and trying not to sing Disney songs out loud in public.
Real Talk: School Car Line Rules
Up until this year, I have only watched from afar as cars and trucks and minivans methodically lined up each day outside schools scattered around town. I've watched as cute kids with matching backpacks...
Back to School 2020 – Choose Kindness, Please
Back-to-school season is supposed to be fun. It's supposed to be exciting. It's a time for new school clothes, a clean backpack, a new lunchbox, and new teachers... maybe even a new school! That...
A Tale of Two Titties – Mama’s First Mammogram
"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times..."
Wait... Did Charles Dickens write a book about a mammogram? Because that is the perfect description of a mammogram.
I realize that I'm a...
Have a Houseparty! (For the Socially Distanced)
After weeks and weeks of working from home and utilizing the common "tools of the quarantine trade" considered acceptable by professional standards, you'd think that after-hours video calls via mobile app or web browser...
Check on the Extroverts: We are NOT okay!
I'll admit that the idea of working from home for a few weeks was appealing. And for a few weeks, it was great. But here we are, way more than a few weeks into...
Tiger King: The Circus We All Needed
The past several weeks have been a super-sized combo meal of global pandemic and general uncertainty. As we've all tried to balance homeschooling from scratch, getting a little sunshine, getting enough exercise, watching the...
So, You’re Thinking About Buying an RV…
When my brother and I were teenagers, our parents bought a motorhome. Not the big fancy tour bus kind, though. It was the beige, wood-paneled, shag carpeted kind. They outfitted it with extra pots,...
I Didn’t Wear Makeup To Work Today (and Other Things That Don’t Actually Matter)
Recently, I've been having these revelations, and one that keeps coming up again and again is this: things that matter and things that don't. I can't explain it. Super Moon? Earth's orbit, maybe? Maybe...
When What’s Said Isn’t What’s Heard
Look, I have a big mouth and a quick wit, but I utilize those tools with the same gusto I employ when I buy orange Tic Tacs and pretend I'm not going to eat...
So, This is 40, Eh?
EIGHTIES BABIES UNITE! Maybe you've zoomed past 40, and these will be but small reminders of days gone by. Maybe you aren't even close to 40 yet, and these will be tiny nuggets of...
The Day We Were Finally “Pregnant”
When you struggle with infertility, you develop a laser focus on tiny details that's hard to shake. I've written a little about our infertility journey, but those tiny details stick out in my brain...
Dear Friends with “Regular” Kids…
To my friends with "regular" or "normal" (AKA: neurotypical) kids: as a parent of a child with special needs, and as your friend, there are some things I would like you to hear that...