As we watched a complicated battle scene in the new Mulan movie a few nights ago, my youngest son said, “It would be hard to be an...

A few days before Christmas, the kids and I drove an hour away to the assisted living facility where my husband’s grandmother lives. We...

Our home has had more work done on it than an aging movie star. Roof, siding, bathroom renovations, kitchen renovation, basement...

Per our usual tradition, my family put up our Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. (By the way, this isn’t a discussion...

I’m not trying to brag, but I have a massive art collection. It’s true. All of them are one-of-a-kind originals. Sure, they were made in...

I was in Atlanta last weekend with my older son to watch him play a couple of soccer games. Not being a sporty person myself, I have had...

I don’t get to read as much purely entertaining fiction as I’d like. They’re like dessert for me, so I don’t ingest them as much as the...

I can’t think of anything more confusing than suddenly being awakened from a deep sleep in the middle of the night, unless it’s suddenly...

This morning, while I was walking my 3rd grade son to school, he asked me the question which I hear nearly every morning: “Why do we have...

Before my husband Brent and I began dating in college, we would hang out as friends as a part of a larger group. Sometimes we would play...

During recent storms (or threats of storms), I found myself looking at the weather app on my phone several times a day. Knowing that my...

A few days before we took our twin daughters to different cities to move into their respective college dorm rooms, I found myself in a...

Like many sports-loving, competitive 9-year olds, my son Ezra loves to talk about rivals. While watching a football or basketball or...

This pandemic may be called many things—scary, inconvenient, ill-timed, unprecedented. As a mom to two graduating daughters and two...

Since the task of feeding our family of 6 falls to me, I spend a lot of time in grocery stores. For the most part, I’m a Kroger girl and...

In 2007 Columbian artist Doris Salcedo created a temporary installation at the Tate Modern art museum in London. Her crew formed a long,...

I am a logophile, a lover of words. When I’m attempting to write something—fiction or non-fiction—I work diligently to dig up the most...

I’ve been doing a little sewing lately—a set of curtains, hemming a couple of skirts, and, of course, cloth masks. Fabric is one of those...

You inhale deeply as you approach the wooden archway. A voice from the speaker above you and to your right is midway through its...

It took nearly four years to bring our adopted son home from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. During that time, I was constantly...

The prophet Elijah sat next to a brook, watching the water level lower and waiting for his next meal delivery. Ever since he told King...

It feels like everything has been turned upside-down: We’re wearing masks and gloves to the grocery store. Adults are worried about their...

Scottish-born author Robert Louis Stevenson was no stranger to being stuck at home. Although he was an acclaimed travel writer and author...

When my twin daughters were newborns, they kept me moving. Seeing as how they were helpless in every way, there was always something to...