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...

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...

He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. (Psalms 104:19 KJV) I’m raking up the fallen leaves one last time....

housewife – This word has always made me laugh.  It is imbued with stereotypes and bourgeois notions.  It reminds me of the 50’s adverts...

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...

Yesterday while shopping, my daughter saw an awful princess chair.  It was plastic and gaudy and ugly.  To her it was a dream.  She had...

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...

My sister is having a baby in a couple weeks.  She’s my little sister.  I remember her sitting in the dirt making bottle cap mud pies....

But try putting six girls and one boy into a house together and ignoring gender.  All of a sudden doors are closed so princess dresses...

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...