Do you worry about who your kids will become? Of course, you do! If you have kids and a pulse, you get nervous about their future job, partner, financial situation, friends, etc., etc,. etc. (How many etc. can I put here?) So, let’s just start with normalizing this. We’re all…

Get up, Peggy Ann! Mom would say this out loud when she felt she had been sitting in her chair too long (reading, of course). Hilariously, she would obey! She would stop reading, get up, and start making dinner or doing whatever chore she had been taking a break from. …

We learned in school that stories are supposed to have a beginning, middle & end. A well-told story will have characters and a plot, with rising action, a climax, and descending action. This short story of my life is not like that. There are characters, of course. But the plot…

Here is an example when fear surprised me but didn’t win: My youngest son came downstairs in an extremely wrinkled shirt — it looked like it had been balled up wet and stuffed on his shelf. I asked him to change before we went to the store. He came back…

I didn’t want to go to the assisted living home to visit Mike Rose, my friend’s dad. But I’m glad I did… When I said, “Let me know if there is ANY way I can help!” I thought I was sincere. But, apparently, I meant that I would take my…

Emily’s best friend, and fiance, both died young, tragic deaths shortly after abandoning their faith. “Is God killing us for questioning our faith?” Her friends questioned their faith, challenged what was taught, and then chose something different. Did this lead to their death? I shake my head and get chills…

VERB Do you know this word: sate? It’s not a regular part of my vocabulary. But, I found it in some old writing of my mom’s. It caught my attention. I liked the sound of it and wanted to dig in. Sate: to satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to…

When I was 13, I decided I was done being chubby. That reputation was old and undesirable, so I went on a diet. Honestly, when I look back, it was pretty impressive. …

Service: Aug 20, 2016 It’s common to notice all the ways you don’t want to be like your mom when you’re a teenager. I have to admit, I even made a list, one time, of all the ways I was going to be different when I was a mom. …