{On the sixth anniversary of his proposal} Six years ago, Hans flew to New Haven. There, he mopped my floor and asked me to ma...

One night, after the children were in bed, I went into Hans' study and started spewing information about pregnant humpback whales, the g...

My friend Janice had a way of seeing ordinary things. I loved looking through her eyes. She would say of a rock, "this is lovely,"...

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 ...