During my first few weeks of college, my dormitory had a raffle to win 13 gallons of popcorn from a nearby gas station. I was amused to...

We had been doing well. Daily walks outside, eating healthy, even spending time each evening saying what we were grateful for. We had...

Last month my father-in-law passed away. He was 84 years old. In some respects, we should have seen it coming. He had been diagnosed with...

The mind can only gather, compute, and produce thoughts in one of two ways--through curiosity or through judgment. The mind can't process...

Given our recent family vacation aboard a Disney cruise for four nights--our first and only experience with the ocean liner--I am now, as...

I recently took the morning off to tidy up the house. Taking a full morning seemed unnecessary, because I'm constantly tidying up the...

My husband Jim and I recently celebrated our tenth anniversary. It feels like such a milestone to me--more than year one, or kid two. No...

Six months ago my husband declared that he would be changing his morning routine. Instead of awaking at 6:15 am and getting ready for...

There was a television show in the early 2000s called Magic's Biggest Secrets Revealed. I was so pumped for this show to debut because I...

Our house backs up to a catholic elementary school. We are not catholic, and our children do not attend the school, but we collectively...

When I was a new mother, and a full-time grad student, I constantly heard this phrase: When it comes to time with your children, quality...

When I was younger--but old enough for people to comment on my appearance directly to me and not to my mother--I was often asked if I had...

Currently, and at all times, I carry around a scrap of paper that has jotted on it everything I need to do before my family shows up...