Today’s post will be short and sweet for reasons that will become obvious. This week…this month…this season of life is full to bursting...

Last evening, at the end of a very full day, in the final hours before bedtime, Kyle and I watched a movie with friends. It was a movie...

Thank you for all the fun things we got to do, Nana…thank you for TWO sleepovers…thank you for the paper dolls…thank you for playing at...

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with...

The fragrance of my childhood lingers. By this, I do not mean waking up on a Saturday morning to the aroma of bacon. Our family didn’t do...

“Women in their 50’s and 60’s are at the peak of their careers.” My law-school son read this quote out loud, sitting at the antique...

I have a love-hate relationship with water. As I recall, I nearly drowned, twice, around the age of four. My mom may tell the stories...

I do not typically love winter, but I do believe I’ve found a new winter love. I’ve know for a long time the only real way to survive the...

It’s official. “Jim & Squid Forever” according to the letter board propped amongst Champagne glasses and plated cheesecake on a festive...

I believe I’ll declare this the official first day of my new year. This exceptionally white January morning, draped in quiet. My husband...

33 years ago yesterday I made a covenant commitment to my husband, Kyle. We were two kids, getting married. Holding hands, giddy. We got...

Who does God love? Or restated. Does God love everyone? When this question first came up during a gathering of friends earlier this...

One of my dearest friends has passed from this earthly life into eternity. And even though she’d lived long, was into her ninth decade,...

“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22 Two of my...

My second son was born a warrior. Luke was my sword-wielding castle-loving knight-in-shining-armor. His bedroom was a fortress, and he...

Eight years ago, almost exactly, I started blogging as “BoyMom.” I told my stories of faith, family, and international adoption, and to...

After 2 1/2 years of being out of country…48 hours of international travel…two delayed flights and a missed connection…our son Felipe is...

I looked up from my plate of fish tacos, partial smile, aware of tears. “I guess it’s possible to hold two competing emotions at once.”...

If any of you follow Ann Voskamp, and you have read her newest book, Waymaker—and if you have also been reading my blog for any length of...

Apparently March is the season for travel. I will have loaded and unloaded my suitcase three times in less than a month, just as the...