We have been traveling for six days.  We have seen many interesting things.  We have seen historical things.  We have seen majestic...

My daughter is beautiful.  Yes, I am her mother so I am a bit biased.  But I have also heard others admire her, comment on her pretty...

My goal is to instill a sense of respect for property.  I also want them to get that it’s about self-esteem.  Because when you know who...

My son runs up to me, “I cut myself.”  I ask him how he did it and he tells me he was using his pocketknife in the backyard.  This is the...

No, we are free.  However, with this freedom comes an absence.  We are a bit lost for what to do with our time.  We had been so scheduled...

My parents just drove away.  My son and daughter debated for half an hour on the length of their stay, was it twelve or thirteen days...

I slip on my dress and then a pair of high heels.  I check my face in the mirror one last time.  My daughter walks into the bathroom and...

Last year my husband and I did our first joint ride.  He encouraged me every step of the way, was my biggest supporter.  Even said I...

In my family we don’t call it being picky, we call it enjoying our options.  As a child I would watch as my mother would order her...

I’m glad he said these words.  I needed to hear them.  Even though I lived with him and saw him working in our kitchen and in a...

My son’s gifts are quantifiable.  I can tick them off on my fingers.  I often speak of them to others, as in, today my son mastered this...

Instead, I was standing, hands on my hips telling a six year old girl that in the future she should probably not climb onto a chair then...

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...

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...

From the back seat, “Is Jesus more important at Christmas?”  Oh, my, teach me patience during the holidays.  There are still twenty eight...

Around our house the phone is for quick texts sent to remind that bread and peanut butter are low, that work is running late, that the...

Recently we went on vacation to the Dominican Republic.  It was me, my husband, our two children, and my parents.  None of us had been...

My Mother tells a story of when she and my Dad were first married.  While looking for a job, he was browsing through the want ads and...