Family Life

I tried and failed at scrapbooking. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy it and not that I didn’t buy all the supplies (yikes!), but I’m …

I used to be someone important. Formerly, I was a teacher educating a hundred kids each week. I loved my work. I loved the mentoring, …

Just because children typically start school or kindergarten at five or six years of age, and first grade at six or seven, doesn’t mean that …

Death sometimes occurs abruptly, surprising unprepared relatives and loved ones. Then there’s the question of organ donation. Often families are asked to make this life-saving …

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it,” observed Helen Keller. Many people have experienced the deep …

It began with: “In sickness and in health….” It has been a promise, a commitment, and a way of life—a very personal part of couple …

Parents and friends of children and youth are responsible for helping younger generations avoid drugs and risky sexual behaviors. If we neglect to do this, …

Ethicist and author, Mark Carr, shares from his own heart as he examines tough questions about ethics and end of life decisions. I never imagined …

What is addiction? How can you tell if someone you care about is addicted to a mind-altering substance, activity, or process? And what should you …

Grandparents are special! I really knew only one of mine, and she changed my life. Whenever I think about Grandma Rose (after whom I was …