My son is getting married. And how does that not just throw a momma into a heart and mind maelstrom at some level? The other day, I watched him write a deposit check for the venue. Something about seeing him at the table with his writing posture which I’ve seen so many times as his […]

In order to accept the basic tenets of the Christian faith, one has to believe in forces we cannot see. It does surprise me how many belief systems very easily accept that there is more out there, but seem to prefer the vague and even creepy ideas to a God Who would do anything to […]

We don’t use the word hate at our house. Never have. But now that my kids are grown, a few spicy words slip in now and again. It is literally the first time in my adult life that I am allowed to say a *sentence-enhancer* as Sponge-Bob calls them. When I got married, I was […]