With a 24-hour drive (or a costly plane ride) separating us, the rare reunion is precious. It feels as though we should fill each minute mo...

Hearts are full but aching. We brushed aside tears while saying our good-byes for another year. The cousins' crazy giggle games are done...

My brother and his wife and girls arrive tomorrow. Having not seen them in a year, there is great rejoicing and preparation in our home! A n...

The sleeping-basket whose sides once offered you security now are too confining. You stretch out and whimper awake. I remember just a few sh...

This morning we read I John 4:19-- We love Him because He first loved us. Maddie responded, "He loves us because we are cute and beauti...

...pining for a good book and pining for a trip to the library...inhaling, practically consuming the scent of baby hair...thanking God for t...

Sometimes my obligations stack up taller than you do; Sometimes the dancing princess steals your show; Sometimes your voice is lost in baby ...

It says everything that has breath can praise the Lord. Can a dog praise the Lord?

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy lost his hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he? Kristin

We had a rare moment of conversation alone, Gavin and I. Outside inhaling the hint of spring, I perched on the stoop, thumbing through th...