The month of February begins the year-long birthday celebrations of our six grandchildren. They live hundreds of miles away and I really miss celebrating the day of their birth with…
The month of February begins the year-long birthday celebrations of our six grandchildren. They live hundreds of miles away and I really miss celebrating the day of their birth with…
One of my good friends cares for her mother who has advanced Alzheimer’s disease. This friend also has a son with Asperger’s—a mild form of autism. As my youngest daughter,…
We’ve had a rough week. Three funerals (my husband is a minister), a close friend confessing an adulterous relationship, a torn tendon, a sinus infection, and we had to “put…
This week I missed my mother. My “babies,” our twenty-nine-year-old twin daughters, Susy and Libby, were home with their first babies, one four months and one fourteen months. Watching my…
My good friend, Jane Ann Smith, who also has six children and is about 10 years ahead of me in life’s journey, has given me lots of good advice over…
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Colt was experiencing a common dilemma for a teenager. His financial outflow was exceeding his income. He needed to get a job. That is what prompted him to make an…
Last night was one of those nights where my hubby proved to be my hero yet again. He spent about 30 minutes having a very important conversation with a young…
Lately I’ve been thinking about my tongue and how hard it is to control! This is nothing new for me. When I was young and my words often got me…
“No,” he said with less than an adequate amount of interest or enthusiasm to please me, the idea generator. Don’t you just want to whack your husband sometimes? I confess,…