"I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, To put to rout all that was not life and not when I had come to die Discove...

Mother's Day for me was one of the best. With church at nine a.m., I woke early to breakfast in bed and four smiling faces. The presen...

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...

The call comes in early this morning, the one we were waiting for. I listen to the recording with a smile on my face, and hear two sets of ...

I am the kind of mom that says yes to yet another package of silly bands. But says no when they want to play in the muddy rain puddles. I a...

Teenage Stie, in all her scary, big-haired, mini-skirted glory When you're a teenager, you sneak out of the house so your mom won't ...

My kids go back to school tomorrow. All week I have watched them with melancholy in my heart, loathe to part with them. The past few days, ...

Last Sunday, I noticed my middle child limping and hobbling on our way into church. Crabby, tired, and short on patience, I told him to kno...

I love it when they sometimes crawl into bed with me first thing in the morning, the smell of sleep still in their hair. They curl their wa...

Today there was a shift in the universe. Did you feel it? It happened about 6:30 tonight. I was driving home after taking one child to tae ...

The last several months, I have unintentionally turned this blog into a showcase of sorts for photo shoots involving a lot of beautiful peop...

We are thick in the throws of summer around here (though you'd hardly recognize it with all the thunderstorms plaguing the land) and I h...

I am startled out of sleep by the loud, merciless beeps. It is chilly this morning, and the tiny warm body in my bed is snuggled up close, ...

I think I love the half-hour after dinner, showers, and PJ's the best. The dishes are usually done. The kids all smell nice and clean....

I won't lie to you. This morning was not a pretty one, my friends. We've known this day was coming for two-and-a-half weeks. We h...