Tracy Kornet's Blog

It is time to reveal the results of  "Whose Body Is Better" experiment my weather guy and I began in January. If you missed it, CBS11's Jeff Jamison started the Insanity workout, while I embarked on a Pilates journey at S2S Functional Performance , a small rehab and exercise studio near my home in Argyle, Texas. I was not going for weight loss or inches. I was simply hoping to FEEL GOOD again. My whole life I've exercised regularly, even more so these last 3 years. But last fall I fell off my wedge shoes and broke my foot, which caused me to change my gait, which led to shooting pain in my legs and the pads of my feet. Every exercise I tried hurt. Which made me cut way back. And when I don't exercise, I don't feel good, my hormones go awry, and my confidence is shot. Not a good combination for a wife and mother of three who makes her living doing live tele...

I'm sitting at my kitchen computer, while my youngest son types his graduation speech behind me. In 48 hours Luke will finish high school; 30 hours after that, we will move him to college. At that point all three of my kids will have officially launched, and I will be left to ponder the meaning of life without them part of my daily routine, my life focus, and my main motivation to work and breathe. So I've tried to get a head start in the pondering department. Yesterday I asked the question "What is the meaning of life?" on Facebook and Twitter, hoping to spark a future blog. The responses have been beautiful, moving, stunning, and thought-provoking. I honestly don't know where to begin now, as I've been inspired to think more profoundly about life, motherhood, marriage, God--and where my impending stage of life fits in to all of it. It's been a difficult year, adjusting to my kids growing up and out. But life must go on. And I must find a new ...

I haven't enjoyed the reaction to a story like this since  my feature on the  55-year-old grandmother trying out for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders! And the topic couldn't be more different. Brett Metzler, future priest The strong response this time is to the story of Brett Metzler, a 20-year-old, former Athlete of the Year at Liberty Christian School in Argyle, who left Texas A&M after his freshman year to join the priesthood--and how the number of young men joining the priesthood is WAY up across the country. The story is the most shared on our station website with 6,000 likes so far. And yesterday I received an email from a Mrs. Judith Verrier in the archdiocese of Washington, confirming the same thing is happening there: Dear Ms. Kornet, Thank you sincerely for your recent article on seminarians and the priesthood, which casts a positive light on all that is good about the Catholic priesthood.  I can ...

Blabbermouth Tracy wanted to wait for her boy to break the news first. So pardon the delay of this follow-up to Monday's blog about my son's whirlwind college basketball recruiting experience. Luke announced the big news last night: he committed to play basketball at Vanderbilt University! It's an extraordinary choice for many, many reasons. Not only is Vandy an exceptional school academically and athletically (and in the SEC!), but it's one my family happens to know exceptionally well. My husband Frank played at Vanderbilt from 1985-1989 on one of its most successful teams in the history of the school. His Milwaukee Bucks jersey hangs in the Vanderbilt Hall of Fame. And even I have a small basketball connection, dancing on the Vanderbilt Basketball Pom Pon squad from1986-1987. We have attended many games through the years at Memorial Gym, and almost always stop in Nashville on our regular drives between Te...