Among my earliest memories were the comments people made about the way I looked. "Your daughter is so tall!" "Your daughte...

Our hearts were full as we drove home from church yesterday. We had just sent three girls off to college with a (not-so-surprising) surpri...

I get my weekly dose of feel-good-about-myself-music in the grocery store. While I shop for food, people on the radio sing about what a wond...

When Emeth was younger, he would (loudly) announce that he was being quiet . Broken when spoken. We've been teaching Emeth that he ...

Someone asked me the other day, what am I doing "other than being a mommy." It was a kind gesture, to be sure. But here were a few...

{in remembrance of the children in the African drought} The sink was full of dirty dishes. Books covered our floor like ill-fitted paveme...

The world was waiting for fireworks last night. Well, the world in the US of A. It was the fourth of July. At about 9 p.m. Hans heard the ...