I had not expected, at a concert in the gym at our kids’ school last month (one of many concerts during this time of year), to hear...

The columbines I never planted in our backyard are blooming again. It seems like every year a new one pops up, born from the seeds of...

It’s been almost a year since I published a post (entitled “Onward!”) about the turning of the year from 2020 to 2021. At that time,...

On the last day of school before Thanksgiving break, my sensible, planner side urged me to focus on my to-do list while I still had a...

We stood on the edge of the hill, watching. One by one the other runners from our school passed by, and my daughters and I cheered for...

All of us probably have some area of our lives where we place too much weight on what other people think. Maybe it's job performance,...

After Christmas this year, we drove down to Waco, Texas to visit my dad. (We were very careful as far as COVID-19 precautions go, both...