Yesterday was Valentine’s Day.  You probably thought I should have written a love poem or an Ode to my husband on that day dedicated to...

We maintain the right for any other child to believe in Santa.  I lecture the children almost daily during the Christmas season about not...

My newest mom-title is Shield.  I remember as a child hearing my parents whisper things, knowing there were always discussions that did...

Right now, my husband is on his way to a cookie exchange.  He took our four year old daughter with him.  As I am not feeling well and our...

After three years of sleeping in the same room, tonight my children will sleep apart for the first time.  For a while now they’ve each...

We bought our 1996 Jeep Cherokee from my parents soon after college graduation.  It was more a favor on my parents part than because they...

Last weekend my cousin and I threw a baby shower for my sister.  This is not new to us.  We throw parties together on what now seems like...

And then today, as I stood blow drying my hair, innocently unaware that my daughter had popped into my bathroom, I felt a tap on my leg....

There is longing in each of us.  It takes many forms.  Gets us moving forward or standing still, frozen by its hopelessness.  Longing can...

Our last Christmas card is a series of photos of our family in various states of disarray.  In front of the camera, as hard as I tried to...

Last night, as we sat down for our sundown worship, I asked the kids what story they wanted to hear. They sat there thinking for a...

It’s not that I’m not attempting to keep current, I read the papers. I try to use my brain for more than just meal planning. And I...

But I took the opportunity to make it a teaching moment. I said that she was right, lying is bad. “God even says so in the Bible. He...

I’m a mother. I stay home, take care of my kids, feed my family, wash the clothes…you get the idea. I’m a homemaker. I don’t always...

That’s true empathy, to suffer alongside someone and still want to comfort them. I need a lesson in this. I need to remember this sweet...

Even so, I was determined not to hear that sound in my house. I dreaded it above most every other bad habit that kids pick up along the...