I found Boy 1 lying with his face in a pillow, sobbing with great, big gulps of grief."Did you already know?" he asked."Yes, buddy. Daddy told me last …
5 tactics to lessen the impact of media on your family
It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon. I am in the house washing dishes. I just kissed my husband and oldest son goodbye as they headed to the baseball …
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love is like a can of white paint
The kitchen walls just needed a little touch up paint.Some holes had been patched after moving art around, and for weeks little blotches of white …
ditch dweller
"So are we taking the ditch?" Mr. Fantastic asked me as we zipped up sweatshirts and headed out for a run."I don't know. I kind of thought we'd drive …
when your heart has a midlife crisis
Most days, I make my bed.This sort of practice is not typical for me. I'm not a generally disciplined person. I like to live on the fly, unencumbered …
big and small
Most summers of my early childhood, my family packed our bags, and drove away from the sunny palm trees of southern California to red dirt expanse of …
wednesday, bloody wednesday
Wednesday I drove through storming, gushing rain to pick up my children, who were hanging out with some friends while I got my hair done. I was all …
kiss Messiah
"Celebrate in trembling awe. Kiss Messiah!Your very lives are in danger, you know;His anger is about to explode,But if you make a run for God—you …
when you feel small in the shadow of evil
I kept turning down the radio news from Boston as we drove home from school last week.Boys and bombs, how does a mama explain such things when war is …
when your cake breaks, light the candles anyways
Sunday after church I decided to make a batch of cookies.I got the butter whipping and opened the pantry for the brown sugar. There was none.So I …
escaping to mars
A few weeks ago Mr. Fantastic and I went to the movies. We saw at least three previews involving the end of the world as a result of aliens or robots …
unstuck by spilt milk
Yesterday morning the Lady and I cozied up in her bed with my coffee, her morning tea (she is so refined), her children's Bible, and one of our …
