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I woke early to the pitter patter of little footsteps scurrying across the wooden floor. Who could possibly be up…

My list of “have-to’s” used to enslave me. It seemed there was always so much that needed to be done…

I search high and low for her every spring. She’s hard to find as there’s no one like her. This…

Mothers have a unique “child” given assignment. You won’t find it listed in any best selling parenting book. It just…

I love tea parties. The tradition started years ago with our granddaughters. I searched high and low for a round,…

How do you do life without prayer? Our family knows we can’t. So we pray about everything. Just today a…

This was to be your year, Anna. Waiting for the fun-filled events of graduation to become a reality. But none of us…

I remember the first time I met him. Nearly shaking in my ten-year old boots and hiding behind my mother’s…

We were scrambling and her tears were doing me in. Searching every nook and cranny, our granddaughter’s number one possession…

Being left off the invitation list was the worst thing that could happen to a middle school girl. My first experience with…

I have a genuine fear of falling. Three serious tumbles did that to me. So I pray over my steps now. While touring…

Grief is strange in so many ways. It hits you when you least expect it. A song, a smell or…

His teary eyes scanned the crowd milling through the door. Glancing back and forth from the bench to the stands, he…

I struggle letting go. Sentimental to the core, I tend to grasp things tightly. After 34 years in the same home,…