Reasons to Live

Many years ago, I was a young Navy wife living in Long Beach, California. My husband, on sea duty, had been deployed overseas for eight …

Most of my Christian friends are Republican. They think the opposition is the devil. They think the only people worth voting for are Christians, regardless …

Can you imagine if everything you focused your mind on today was captured on film and made into a vast collage—hanging out there for all …

With my first pregnancy and delivery, I got my Ph.D. in pain. Looking back now, what makes me most sad is remembering how innocent I …

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 …