It’s official. “Jim & Squid Forever” according to the letter board propped amongst Champagne glasses and plated cheesecake on a festive...

I believe I’ll declare this the official first day of my new year. This exceptionally white January morning, draped in quiet. My husband...

33 years ago yesterday I made a covenant commitment to my husband, Kyle. We were two kids, getting married. Holding hands, giddy. We got...

Who does God love? Or restated. Does God love everyone? When this question first came up during a gathering of friends earlier this...

One of my dearest friends has passed from this earthly life into eternity. And even though she’d lived long, was into her ninth decade,...

“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22 Two of my...

My second son was born a warrior. Luke was my sword-wielding castle-loving knight-in-shining-armor. His bedroom was a fortress, and he...

Eight years ago, almost exactly, I started blogging as “BoyMom.” I told my stories of faith, family, and international adoption, and to...

After 2 1/2 years of being out of country…48 hours of international travel…two delayed flights and a missed connection…our son Felipe is...

I looked up from my plate of fish tacos, partial smile, aware of tears. “I guess it’s possible to hold two competing emotions at once.”...

If any of you follow Ann Voskamp, and you have read her newest book, Waymaker—and if you have also been reading my blog for any length of...

Apparently March is the season for travel. I will have loaded and unloaded my suitcase three times in less than a month, just as the...

Kindness seems to be trending. I’ve been seeing the word on t-shirts, and the titles of so many books. Yesterday I walked past a daycare...

I wasn’t so sure about hiking the Grand Canyon. It was my husband’s idea. His bucket list. A dream since we’d been there when the kids...

I guess this is an unofficial birthday blog post. Unofficial, since I used to write these on the regular back in the BoyMom days, but not...

We talked to Felipe last evening, in a FaceTime call, toward the end of the day. And I continued to see him, throughout the night, in my...

“Kyle can do just about anything.” I commented, and my newest neighbor nodded in agreement. She’s already received my husband’s help on a...

I’m not sure which was the bigger surprise—that my mom knew about the Enneagram, or that she self-identified as a One. One being the...

Every once in a while I like me some country music. Maybe it’s my country girl roots, and the barn dances Uncle Lonney used to host when...

“We have all the time we need.” I’ve heard Michelle say this, countless times, before every Bible lesson. And I’ve taken her words to...