About

National award winning columnist Kelli Wheeler has come up with a winning blend of observational humor, personal anecdotes and inspiring messages with her monthly and weekly family columns and blog.  Whether read in print or on the internet, Momservations and A Tale of Two Mommies have created camaraderie with thousands of parents everywhere who laugh, commiserate and even cry right along with Wheeler on her parental journey.
 
Wheeler's co-authored weekly column, A Tale of Two Mommies, run for a year by The  Sacramento Bee  on  SacMomsClub.com won  2009 Best Online  Column from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Pairing with friend and full-time working mother, Jen Hall, their column  presented dueling perspectives, but a united front on parenthood.  Together in  coffee shop style banter they covered current topics ranging  from the debate on  working vs. stay-at-home mothers to how to survive a  family vacation.

Wheeler’s monthly column Momservations (formerly Parent Tales), published by Inside Publications, candidly highlights parenthood topics like learning to roll with life's punches in “Pity Party, Anyone?”; enjoying the journey in Daddy's restored VW Bus in "The Bus Stops Here"; and a poignant farewell to a beloved family pet in “Good-bye, My Fuzzy Baby.”  

Wheeler became a published columnist in early 2004 for Inside Publications, a community newspaper reaching thousands of readers that includes influential community leaders and powerful decision makers in Sacramento city and county. Her column was immediately  "discovered" by  California First Lady, Maria Shriver who  retained her freelance  services. In 2008 Wheeler became a Featured Blogger and weekly columnist for The Sacramento Bee's online community, SacMomsClub.com, helping the major newspaper establish an online presence.
 
In 2008 Wheeler created Momservations®, humorous mom observations in a still evolving mom career. Instantly popular, her trademarked brand has a loyal daily following on Twitter (www.Twitter.com/Momservations), weekly following on her blog (www.Momservations.com), and led to her first book, Momservations™ - The Fine Print of Parenting available at www.Amazon.com, www.Momservations.com and www.Kellimwheeler.com). 

As a freelance writer Wheeler's articles and editorials have been published by Sacramento Magazines Corporation, The Sacremento Bee, California Governor and First Lady's Conference for Women, Kidaround and Sacramento Parent magazines as well as Inside Publications. She is a two-time winner for outstanding writing from WOW! Women on  Writing.com for her essays "The Journal" and "MawMaw's Secret Family  Recipe for Survival" Her work was also selected for inclusion in the 2008 San Francisco Writers Conference Anthology.
 
Before focusing on her family and writing career, Wheeler worked in promotions and public relations and as a 5th grade teacher. She currently lives in Sacramento with her husband and  two kids, ages eight and nine.