Enjoy food, prizes and fun while helping strike out Cystic Fibrosis on Saturday, November 7th at Tropicana Lanes in Clayton, MO!

Join Cornbread from 11:30am-1:30pm and challenge him to a game of bowling or click here to donate to his team.  You can also register your own team by clicking here.

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide).  Help make a difference by participating in the 2009 Bowl for Breath!

Ellen's prank on Taylor Swift was funny, but I just had a chance to watch her interview and prank of Kellie Pickler....over the top!

Plus I just love Kellie! Watch it here!

Come get a jump start on your Christmas shopping at the MOPS-sponsored Craft and Vendor Fair this Saturday from 9am to 3pm at the First Baptist Church of Harvester, MO. I'll be featuring some of my photography for the first time in public, including St. Louis, Cardinals, St. Charles and Missouri works framed and unframed.  Plus with the collection of unique crafts and classic vendors you are sure to find something for almost everyone on your list!  And all the proceeds go to benefit MOPS...the Mothers of Preschoolers program.  See you there!

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-Pat James is Co-Host and Technical Producer of WIL's Cornbread Morning Show, heard weekday mornings from 5:30-10am on 92.3 FM.  You can also check out his photography by visiting his website, A New Leaf Photography, and be sure to join him on Facebook.

Taylor Swift could walk away with as many as three wins at the 43rd annual CMA Awards, according to CMT's fourth annual poll of country music fans.

The winners of the CMA Awards are determined by voting members of the Country Music Association, like Pat James, who voted for Taylor as Entertainer of the Year.

CMT commissioned its annual poll using a random sample of 1,000 country music fans over the age of 18. The CMT poll predicts Swift to win female vocalist honors, the album of the year trophy for Fearless and the top prize -- entertainer of the year.

Brooks & Dunn, who have announced their retirement as a duo following their 2010 tour, narrowly beat out Sugarland as fan favorites in the vocal duo category, the poll revealed.

Poll results also project George Strait to be named male vocalist of the year and Rascal Flatts to win in the vocal group category. It also predicts "I Told You So" the Carrie Underwood hit written by Randy Travis, will be named song of the year. Although it's not an official CMA category, Underwood was declared the female artist with the best red carpet style when fans were polled by CMT.

ABC will broadcast the CMA Awards show live from Nashville's Sommet Center on Nov. 11. WATCH AS THE CORNBREAD SHOW ACCEPTS OUR AWARD FOR MAJOR MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR!

Who do you think should win Entertainer of the Year?

When my older daughter became a mother nearly six years ago, I became a grandmother with a brand-new baby to love. But I also became a different kind of mother to my baby. I was useful again. I knew things. I understood. And the most important thing I understood was how much my daughter loved her child.

Ten months later, my younger daughter gave birth to her firstborn. "Did you feel this way, Mom? Isn't it amazing? I never knew. Was I as cute?"

Motherhood, part two. That's what grandparenting really is. Your kids grow up, go off to school, move away. And they don’t need you anymore. They don’t call for advice. And you think, you’re done. That's it. The job is finished.

And then your kids become parents and you're suddenly back in the game. "Mom, can you?" "Dad, will you?"

When a child is placed in a woman's arms — in a hospital, at an airport, in a lawyer’s office, and whether the child is a newborn or a 10-year-old — a woman's life changes forever.

And so does the life of her mother.

I watch my daughters wipe noses and hands, buckle car seats, peel grapes, insist upon "please" and "thank you," wipe up spills, dry tears, read books, blow bubbles, monitor the TV, play games, and work outside their homes. And I am struck by the rigors of mothering — how hard it is and tiring and endless, and how amazing it is that anyone signs up for this job.

And then I think, this was once my job. I did all this. "How did you do it, Mom?" my daughters ask. And they listen to my answer because I've been down the road they're on now and they realize that maybe I know a few things they have yet to learn.

The mother-child connection. It changes. It evolves. It grows.

In the space between us now there is still no space. It is filled with children — theirs, but part mine. And on it goes. Mother to mother to child.