Last Wednesday one of our boys was bullied at baseball practice. The incident involved three boys total, the teaching of very bad words, some …
moon bowl
I pulled on my running shoes and hit the sidewalk after dinner the other night.I just needed some time alone, a break from the noise and constant …
millions of reasons
Seven years ago I gave birth to my second son; the one with the white-blond hair, light blue eyes, and the soft, shy voice.Four months later I became …
burnt toast jackpot
Yesterday I wrote a post about how having a bad day doesn't mean you're a bad mom. Then my day went like this:The boys got in a fist fight over the …
birthday love jar
On his third birthday, he woke up expecting balloons and streamers.I hadn't realized he had expectations of birthday grandeur. I had planned a small …
awestruck in 2013
Yesterday we poked along through the hill country looking for our friends' house. We got lost on dirt roads, and our fancy phone maps weren't much …
easing out of Christmas
December 26 has come. We had a slow and easy Christmas yesterday full of delicious food, some sweet surprises, and the joy of being together, just the …
a night on the streets
Driving frantically to gas stations, fast food restaurants, past apartment complexes and pawn shops, I chase the vans from our church that are handing …
ten ways to enjoy your family this week
Well, it has been a sorrowful week, hasn't it? So much tragedy in the news, so much more than many of us can handle well.Everyone I know seems to have …
a forever home for Christmas
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself …
Christmas all the year
Me: Why do we celebrate Christmas, Finley?The Lady; Because when it's Christmastime, we have Christmas!Me: No, I mean whose birthday is it?The Lady: …
how to survive a road trip
The six of us climbed in our minivan (aka the farm truck) and headed north last week.We brought bags with clothes, snacks, toys, books, and a few …
