One thing I have noticed in my life is the importance of joy. Not the intense-coming to a birthday party-treat… Read More Joy Vacuum

I don’t usually comment on things like this but the recent situation regarding the flurry of online activity about Amy… Read More Compassion Competition

There are some sayings that you believe are true in your head but until you experience them you really don’t… Read More Too Many Carbs.

I have been thinking about love this week. Not love in the mushy Hollywood sort of way but a broader… Read More How do We Love?

We all know that phrase, God loves a cheerful giver, but something I’ve been encountering lately is the idea of… Read More God Loves a Cheerful Receiver

I heard once that for every word of correction you give your children you should give three words of praise.… Read More Tripping on My Tongue

I’m trying to branch out.  After turning 32, having 2 babies in 2 years, starting to see the changes in… Read More Wearing Your Age

There is something reassuring sometimes about not using your brain.  Letting yourself drift into a stupor where the expectations are… Read More Using the Brains God Gave You

Hyper-vigilant stage moms scare me.  I’m not talking about the supportive take your kids to soccer and dance class kind… Read More The Secret Rewards of a Stage Wife

I secretly stalk my son.  I admit it, I do.  I don’t think he knows but maybe he suspects as… Read More No place for fear in a Fearful Life