Dear McKay, Fifteen years ago today, you took two young, dumb, baby-faced kids in love: And you made them parents. We had no ide...

His broad shoulders are carrying a heavy load - both in the substantial backpack he wears, and in the burden he carries each day.  I can...

Today, my newborn baby boy started high school. It's a little hard to imagine how he is getting from class to class, what with his b...

It's not the warm, muggy weather that is starting to creep in and make you sweat all over. It's not the lack of homework or pleth...

Dear McKay, Well, my boy, you are now 14. As I've thought about what I'd like to tell you in this birthday letter, I am drawn time a...

Last week, I registered my baby boy for high school. It brought a great deal of anxiety to our home. There were tears and panic attacks. L...

A few days ago, McKay asked me to pick up some new shoelaces for his sneakers. Being the responsible, loving parent that I am, I forgot. And...

Last night we had our church Trunk-or-Treat party. Which, as many of you know, is basically just 75 kids running around on a sugar high begg...

This afternoon, my boys came begging to have a lemonade stand. Seeing as how we had zero lemons in the house, and I had zero desire to driv...

The morning started smooth and easy, a familiarity to the long-forgotten routine of showers, lunches, and backpacks. It was maybe an except...

What do you do when it's 104 degrees outside WITHOUT the humidity heat index? When the pool feels like warm bath water and you've a...

The other night, I was in my bathroom washing the make-up off my face. McKay came in and a conversation ensued that went a little something...

Here's to: No more tornadoes sleeping in fun vacations lazy warm afternoons at the pool sunshine freckles ice cold diet cokes and the in...

It is that time of year, my friends. The time of year where we pull out the shorts, wash the swim towels, and prepare to spend a fortune in ...

It started out as a simple, regular, ordinary day. One boy, home from school, taking his mental health day. His mama gives him one per year...