One of my best friends recently told me, "I love to sing worship songs. It's the one thing I still get to do with my daughter." His daughter passed away two years ago. But because of the [...]
Last night my kids came home to tell me about a friend whose parents had just bought them a brand new car. Then we all laughed really hard. Our family reality is that this kind of gift will not [...]
Compliment my kid and I just don't know what to do. I've worked a long time to figure out how to accept compliments on my own behalf, but even with best friends and supportive strangers, there is [...]
I am a mom of a toddler and twins, which is sort of a terrifying math problem. You see, I only have two arms. Three kids, but only two legs to sit on. Three kids, but only two eyes to watch with. [...]
There are some things that I'm just not good at. I once had to ask my father-in-law for help changing my wiper blades. Not "Dad, can you spare a twelve-gauge crescent wrench so I can [...]
Imagine you're about to have amnesia in the next five minutes. FUH-GET 'BOUT IT! No, really. Give it a shot. It'll make sense in a moment. Pretend that for some strange reason every memory of [...]
Out of all the jobs that have to be done around the house, which are your favorites? That's probably not a question you feel as prepared to answer as if you were asked to describe the chores that [...]
How I plan to win as a husband and dad on Valentine’s Day “Time, is on my side, yes it is.” If only I could believe the Rolling Stones when they sang this. Unfortunately, lately I’ve found that [...]
Always an overachiever, I bought a day planner in October to get a head start on goal-setting for the new year. I’m normally not a goal person, but lately I’ve been feeling like I could use some [...]
It seems like just yesterday when my husband and I exchanged vows. Two twenty-somethings embarking on what would be the most fulfilling relationship of our lives, we couldn’t wait to share [...]