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...

We keep our windows open at night, trying to get the bit of crisp air that comes through the mountains.  In years past it’s been enough,...

I wander around from room to room, carrying one under my arm, as if I will have time to read it while I vacuum, while I pick up clothes,...

I don’t tag to annoy or even intentionally include other people in pictures. It’s usually because the people happen to be in a photo I...

I stare at my son’s beseeching eyes and my daughter’s eager face. They want me to play their game so much. They want me to get up, put...

I love nothing more than to see this happen. I know it means so many little cogs are rotating and synapses are sparking inside those...

Now, last night we went camping for only the second time in her short life. She loved it. From running around with sticks to toasting...

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...

I find hope in this promise, as does my husband, so when we share this with our children we let them know that it’s okay and it’s natural...

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...

This week my son has been going to a science day camp at our Nature and Science Museum. Every day, my daughter and I drop him off with...

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...

As a society we have reached a point where there is little that we cannot predict. We know that certain actions will produce a given...

The funny thing is, I never once minded since that first night in our hotel room, sharing a bed with this man who is always part of the...

I’m not saying these things aren’t true, a lot of them are. I’m doing the best I can, cutting out some things here, reusing other things...