Reasons to Live

There will come a time in your life when you will have no answers and wonder how you can make it one more day.  It …

At 55 I found myself alone, my life seemingly without purpose. As a single mom for many years, just keeping myself and my four sons …

How do we achieve contentment? People have asked this question since the beginning of time. Families that live in mansions are sometimes miserable, while the …

I pulled my eyes away from the computer screen and looked out the window at the birds and squirrels. They were at it again. Two …

I’ve had an interest in the craft of writing since high school. I even took a test for a correspondence course decades ago and kept …

It is my privilege, once in a while, to take my four-year-old granddaughter for a walk. Penelope Rose is the adopted Down Syndrome child of …

If you think your kids were born with an innate sense that they should trust you blindly, you are dead wrong. How you treat your …

“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones” (Proverbs 17:22). The verbal picture was hilarious and brought knee-slapping laughter …

This past summer, I hosted a week-long family reunion at our rural home. My sons and their families live in large metropolitan areas in other …

WHOOSH! I felt myself hurtling through the air, heading for the bright light in the distance. I did not feel the slightest frightened but only …