I have a friend who adopted her son after several years of fostering him. She said that when the official court date drew closer, she...

The other day, I asked my husband Brent and our younger son Ezra to list some phrases that they like and some that they don’t like. (I’m...

Every six months or so, depending on what’s going on in my life, I have a Knock-Down. If you’re not familiar with the concept, it’s kind...

I broke the bracelet my husband gave me for Christmas. It survived about 35 days before the slender gold chain got hung on the corner of...

With the cold weather in full swing, now is the perfect time for me to spend my evenings crocheting. There’s not much that makes me...

My New Year’s resolution this year was to drink more water. This is one of those goals that is laughably obvious and somehow difficult at...

The Last of the Spirits, from Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. With Illustrations by John...

Growing up the middle sister of three girls, we had a lot of Barbie dolls. We liked to make haute-couture dresses for them using scraps...

Apart from the few cheesy holiday songs which make me want to rend my garments Old Testament-style, I love Christmas music. Once I start...

One of the scariest parts of teaching someone to drive is sitting in the passenger seat when they’re learning how to change lanes. Once...

While talking to a friend the other day and standing eye-to-eye, I was amazed by how tall I am. With her just barely skimming 5 feet in...

The other day, I heard someone say that Jesus asked 307 questions in the first 4 books of the Bible, but, of the 183 questions he was...

I have a friend who had a children’s Bible when he was little that he loved reading. The only problem was that this hardback version had...

One of my all-time favorite books is L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables. Anne, the waifish orphan, is mistakenly brought to live with...

I’m regularly amazed by the addition of holidays to the calendar which I never knew existed. I’m not just talking about silly ones like...

I’ve been making my way through the Old Testament, and I’ve noticed a phrase which pops up frequently when God is referring to His chosen...

When our twin daughters were born, we were living in a different city, away from family. Even with the generous and loving community we...

This may be indicative of my particular personality type, but sometimes I think the expectation of a vacation or other anticipated event...

One of the best inventions of the last thirty years has got to be text messaging. Ever since somebody texted “Merry Christmas” to...

Have you ever watched a cartoonist draw the character for which he’s famous? Take Charles Schulz, for instance. If you watch a video of...

Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum When I was growing up, we watched a lot of sitcoms with a live audience, since it was a popular format for...

In the third book of my middle grade series of fantasy fiction, I created a character named Gus who has two magical powers, and one of...

Back when Covid was raging through the world, I woke up one morning remembering the strangest dream: I was at a church potluck, and I saw...

May has got to be the busiest month of the year, at least, it is for me in my current season of life. Graduation parties and wedding...