Christ commands us to be as little children … and oh, how often the little children around me exemplify exactly why! We traveled to some dear forever friends of ours; and even though it had been [...]
You enter a bountiful bookstore … what section do you head to first? Answer that, and you’ll reveal so much. This weekend our family ventured inside the largest independent used and new bookstore [...]
They had 80 acres to explore – free-range children all happy to the core. Armed with whistles and each other, they ran through the trees like wild, rehabilitated animals just released into their [...]
We stepped through high grass, with our recent studies of Robin Hood in mind; grasping bows and arrows and a feeling of anticipation for adventure. The target: a cardboard box set up on two [...]
Mothers’ Day … it can come with great pain for many. It also comes with great joy. And sometimes, it comes with a heavy dose of both. Oh, how clearly I remember giving birth to my [...]
A colorful spectrum of stunning flowers lines the markets today – and will be placed in the tender hands of mothers tomorrow. Flowers came to Mothers’ Day back in 1907 when the holiday’s [...]
When my cousin Kristin walks into the room for a warm welcome, we instinctively lunge towards her belly. Of course, we were all thrilled to see her glowing face too … but that belly … that baby [...]
Hiking out of trees to the rivers’ edge, I spotted a mother duck surrounded by a happy group of toddling ducklings. Their fluffy yellow down and mini-waddles melted my heart instantly. One, two, [...]
