Although, like most children, you all have always loved the Christmas season, we’re bridging new years as a family, years where you enjoy the giving...

Every year on the weekend following Thanksgiving, we pack into our car and pick out a tree together. It’s a simple tradition really, one that’s...

Olive | You are always moving. Bouncing. Running. Talking. Slowly your words are catching up to your deep sense of emotion. You told me this...

Most of this week you spent time in your friends’ homes while Dad and I traveled to Boston for a few days. You each were...

Never jump into a pile of leaves with a wet sucker. – Linus,  It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown This year, we wandered the one...

My children have actually made their own Halloween costumes every year. Although this sounds noble and intentional, it actually began more for economic reasons. I...

  You must do the things you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt olive | You feel things deeply, and for being still so...

You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world.  –Matthew 5:14, The Message  olive | You’ve lost so many teeth the last...

Everyone relates to planning differently. Some depend on it. Others despise it. I’m definitely in the “I love plans” group, but I also love change...

Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground. ― Christina Rossetti olive | your heart is full of laughter, especially when your father is swinging from...