Family Life

I write music; always have. Since I was four years old and teaching my sisters the lyrics to my first hit, “sister came and popped …

The heart flutters. A dizzy spell discombobulates. Cold sweat begins to cause a sense of uneasiness. Does this sound like the beginning of a heart …

Eight-year-old Jessica was a challenging child. A bossy, fussy girl with only a few friends, she frustrated and alienated even those who loved her the …

When we have the opportunity to support those who suffer or grieve, our words and actions (the things we do) can either be soothing or …

Even your best friends won’t tell you … but my daughter finally did. Bless her heart. We’d driven nearly 3,000 miles together, but it wasn’t …

In his book, Starting Today, Rubel Shelly says one way to declutter your life is to get rid of stress (within your home and heart). …

Let me set two marriage goals before you. First, praise your spouse with flattering words at least once a day. And I mean, every single …

One day, I almost killed my children. And I don’t mean that figuratively. While driving 65mph on a major freeway in Southern California, I failed …

Webster doesn’t usually make for easy reading, but the definition of joy pretty well wraps it up! As a noun, joy is “excitement or pleasurable …

“What a day!” Joshua and MaryEllen both would have agreed with this statement, except they would have added more adjectives such as fantastic, marvelous, wonderful, …