Early last week, the girls and I baked cookies together before bedtime. It was a necessary therapy following several days of harrowed conflict and petty...

A large farm table sits at the center of our home between windows and books and doorways to other rooms. It is the place where...

When we bought our first home so many years ago, I thought of home and garden design in terms of magazine spreads–things and furniture and...

14 | What does courage mean? Can you think of a time when you had to be really courageous? olive | It was brave when I...

As the dreary (and rather long) winter weather draws to an end, something shifts in us too, doesn’t it? The spring sunlight has a way...

Time always moves faster than we expect. Like fishing with bare hands, I often grasp at it, trying to hold still all that is so...

When we first bought this home last year, several large projects needed our immediate attention, meaning repairing leaks and holes and years of abandonment had...

11 | What was the most interesting thing you learned this week? olive | Learning how to tie my shoes! | We’ve had so much...

Last weekend our family traveled several hours west to spend a few days with friends near the Frio River.  I always love visiting that place....

Our boys have shared a room since their crib days, something I will always cherish for them. Through their childhood, it has given them someone...