I enjoy being outside in the summer, especially in the morning before the sun sends down the full force of its intensity. One of my...

A couple of years after our youngest son joined our family, I took Ezra to a birthday party for a school classmate. When the party was...

I’ve written before about the perils of broken bones. With four active (and possibly clumsy?) kids, we’ve had our fair share of trips to...

It’s funny to track the differences between my childhood in the 1970’s and 1980’s with the world that my kids live in now. The ways we...

When my husband and I were first married, we lived in an apartment which was conveniently located right next to a Kroger. There were many...

With all of the rain we’ve had lately, my son Ezra and I have noticed a common sight dotting the sidewalks while we’re on our way to...

Somewhere between 4th grade and 7th grade, it was a common pastime for girls in my school to rank their friends. “Tiffany is my first...

There are a lot of things to love about Easter—chocolate bunnies, new dresses, egg hunts, spring blossoms—but the thing I love the most...

When you’re the youngest kid in a family, it’s inevitable that you’ll end up with an eclectic treasure trove of toys/junk. At least...

With my recent COVID-19 diagnosis, I acquired a strange, unwelcome gift—the loss of my senses of smell and taste. First of all, you...

As a homeowner, there are plenty of jobs most of us just don’t enjoy doing: weed-eating, grout-cleaning, baseboard-dusting, etc....

At my church, we’ve been studying the book of Deuteronomy. Last week, we heard a sermon from Deuteronomy 6, which contains one of my...

I’m in the process of teaching our 15-year old son how to drive. Since this is the third kid for me to teach this particular lesson, I...

Our youngest son was recently interested in the game “Would You Rather?” In it, a person asks another person questions like: “Would you...

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...