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...

Our two sons are both on travel soccer teams. This means that they seem to be playing ball all the time. In the winter, we’ve watched...

When I was 6-years old, my dad bought our family’s first microwave oven. It was a giant behemoth with its own designated piece of...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

Last week, I went into a store and left with a really interesting life lesson. The woman who worked there and I were discussing the...

Ezra, age 5, already 6 baby teeth gone! Our youngest son lost his last tooth today. There was little fanfare, just him showing me a giant-looking molar resting at the bottom of a plastic sandwich bag. It’s been loose for a few weeks, and he’s been asking everyone to stick their fingers in his mouth and test its wiggliness—a great idea in the middle of cold and flu season. When he joined our family at age 5, he had already lost six teeth, so the Tooth Fairy wasn’t really a bi

It’s my pleasure to work at a Mothers’ Day Out program at my church two days a week. Within the walls of our little preschool, I get to...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minnie_Pearl_1965.JPG When I was 7 or 8 years old, my sisters and I were in Davis-Kidd Bookstore...

Very early on a Sunday morning on a remote Florida highway, my husband and I noticed a road sign we’d never seen close to the coast...

There are just some things that are hard to teach young children: how to hold a pencil correctly, how to tie their shoes, how to make...