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...

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...

As I was sitting on the sidelines of one of my sons’ soccer games recently, I heard a familiar question, “A little help?” It was part...

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...

One of life’s greatest joys is a good old fashioned potluck supper. I have vivid memories of these meals in the various churches my...

I aspire to have a magnificent garden someday. In my imagination, I grow heirloom tomatoes, delicate lettuces and beans with cranberry...

I was never a cheerleader in school. For most anyone who knows me (or who has seen me attempt to clap and sing simultaneously in church...

For as long as I can remember, I knew I wanted to be a mom, partly because I always enjoyed being around younger kids. I transitioned...

Most everyone can point to an early friendship that forever shaped them. Besides my sisters, my earliest friends were Briony and Stacy....

When I was a little girl, my family would make the trip from our home in Nashville to our grandparents’ house in Danville, Illinois,...

Moses was tired. He was old. His belly was full of his breakfast—wafers of manna and the water that poured from a rock. As he climbed to...

We had a visitor in Sunday school last week. A mom I’d never seen before dropped off her 5-year old daughter and left us to get...

I am the queen of strange injuries, allergies, and illnesses. For instance, a few weeks ago, while drying the dishes after my...

Ever since I can remember, I have been blessed with great friends. I attended the same school from second grade through college, so I...

I’m always amazed to look up in the sky and see a large hawk attempting to escape from his scrawny songbird tormentors. (If you’re not...