Reasons to Live

I’m almost always sick in the winter months. I fight like a tiger to keep germs at bay. Bleach and hot water are constant companions. …

My sister and her husband just came back from a week of rest. And I mean REST with a capital R-E-S-T. Turns out the place …

I was never a gifted athlete.  I was one of those kids assigned to a team in elementary school gym class when the options dwindled. …

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 …