...when your first best friend doesn't live next door.
Family can be, but is not limited to our relatives.
Momma always told me I was a good girl. She also taught me that parents need to tell their children who they want them to be. I was always the adorable little redhead who could go anywhere because of her impeccable behavior. Momma took pride …
Okay, some of you will be rolling your eyes. If I had read this post title when I was younger, I would have expected another “sermon” on the rules of Sabbath. Hold on and stay with me for a couple minutes, please. In our house …
Wow! Shock is probably not the right word. “Surprised by pride” would be a better way to describe what I witnessed last week while on vacation. You never know what you’ll see and hear while having breakfast in a Best Western in Middle America. I …
Are you good? So many people today greet one another like this: “Hey!” “Hi!” “How are you?” “Good; you?” “Good.” I catch myself responding this way and then remembering that it’s incorrect; I’m a bit of a grammar snob. (Not perfect, but snobby.) When we …
I’ve got a terrific Christmas gift idea for the little girls in your life: … a copy of “Good Morning, Daddy!“ The story is about a young princess who gets distracted one morning from visiting with her father, the king. She has great …
Can you believe that the holidays are upon us? People tend to ask, “Are you ready for …insert holiday name here…?” My go-to response now is, “Nope! It’s not that day yet, so I still have time!” It might seem harsh, but it reminds me …
I was a momma’s girl through and through. I not only loved that lady with my whole heart, but relied on her for everything. When I fell in love and married, I had to release those proverbial apron strings. The problem was that I grabbed …
Waiting doesn’t come easily. I’d say it’s one of humanity’s greatest weaknesses. No one has to teach us to be impatient, and we practice it from birth. Just ask a new mother about how frustrating it is when her newborn child cries (or screams) to …
