The way we teach our children to engage and interact with others on the playground can have world changing effects. But first, we might need a little reminde...

I have friends who are Democrats, and friends who are Republicans. I have friends who eat only organic and natural foods and some that couldn’t survive witho...

Last night I was pushing my grocery cart down the isle and had a peculiar experience. Rather than my normal rush-through-for-survial method I was strolling a...

You know when you open a present from someone who loves you and you really hope the look on your face doesn’t show, but you have NO idea what to do with the ...

Sure, we can quote Inigo Montoya. But perhaps we have more in common with Vecini than we would care to think. For those of you unfamiliar with the Princess B...

Two days ago Taylor stepped down from his full time position as community minister at the church we have been at for almost a decade. Starting in two weeks w...

Her nails dug into my forearm. Her bright blue eyes carried a pool of pent up fear on the brink of spilling over. One might think she was being torn from her...

I killed a cactus. No really. And a succulent, and an aloe plant, and every other possible form of growing Well back in January I got a little joyful nudge f...

Today is World Down Syndrome Day. After 18 months of being a parent of a child with special needs, I would not say I’ve become an expert. I would say however...

The other day Abigael said, “Mama we should just put a sign outside that says, ‘welcome to the neighborhood antique store’.” My precious children have been t...

It seemed like a frozen moment from a stock photo from a church bulletin (yeah that picture is for sure not me). Sunshine on our backs and green grass undern...

There were people shoved in every possible corner. Faces were smashed against the windows and yet still, like a broken branch has no other option in a rush o...

Last night, or rather very early in the morning, I went to battle with a terrorist. At the time I wasn’t aware of who I was fighting and the attack was unexp...

I was tucked in a corner covered in books, one of which was a huge Psychology text. I’d just put my two toddlers to bed and the kitchen was clean (ish) and I...

In college I made myself a T-shirt. It said- “Art major. Make more sense now?” Surprisingly, I regularly had friends and classmates walk by and smile with a ...

Have you ever lived with a sleepwalker? Quite humorously my husband and his family all sleepwalk and talk. I’ve woken up in the night to find him hitting his...

For three years I waited for a word. A new one I mean. The last time I’d heard from the Lord he told us to take our children and travel to the southern hemis...

Called. What does that even mean? I guess I don’t completely know how to answer that question but I do know this- in August of 2012 we undeniably and unexpec...

In the beginning God Created. He created the sun, the stars, the oceans, the flowers, the amebas, the sea turtles, the foxes- and then- He created us. He cre...