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.  Whether read in print or on the internet, Parent Tales and A Tale of Two Mommies has 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  Best Online  Column from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists at  the  annual conference this past June. 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 cover current topics ranging  from the debate on  working vs. stay-at-home mothers to how to survive a  family vacation.

Wheeler’s monthly column Parent Tales, published by Inside Publications, candidly highlights parenthood topics like sending out a signal for help in “Calling for Backup;” the debate of whether to work out or go under the knife to regain pre-pregnancy shape in “The Plastic Surgery Brigade;” and hilarious re-workings of favorite Christmas carols in “A Mom’s Holiday Songbook,” excerpted from her self-published book Mommy Modified Christmas Carols.  

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. 
 
Besides her columns, Wheeler's freelance 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."
 
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.