Recently, many of my Facebook friends have become new mommies. When I read their posts, I can practically hear the exhaustion in their voices. But it is an exhaustion that is overshadowed by love. I’ve got five kids, so I totally get it. Two of mine are adults now, and the youngest just turned five, so it has been a… View Post

I made a major life change this week.  It was one of those things I said I’d never do.  I don’t know why I even bother uttering the words. “I’ll never do that,” because nine times out of ten I let myself down. Sometimes, I have even been haughty in my declarations.  I once told a homeschooling friend, “I would… View Post

Once upon a time there was a mother of many children, but she did not live in a shoe.  She lived in a comfy old farmhouse on the outskirts of town.   To her, Christmas has always been the most wonderful time of year! As luck would have it, her birthday fell five days before Christmas in 1969.  Her parents gave her Noel… View Post

On Sunday afternoon, I sent our son into the attic to haul down the Christmas tree. I’d like to say we spent the day at the tree farm, trudging across the acres, waiting expectantly for the perfect tree to wave his branches and say, “Here I am! Choose me!” But after one particularly difficult asthma year, the doctor determined that… View Post

Recently, while in Guatemala, I met a man.  It just sort of happened.  Hubby was at work, and I went down to the hotel’s restaurant to get bottled water for the kids.  The small hotel is popular with Americans visiting the capital city, and it’s not unusual to become friendly with the other travelers.    Over the years, I have met archaeologists, professors, journalists, travel… View Post

As I write this article, I am privileged to be sitting in sunny Belize. The warmth is a welcome reprieve from the cold Indiana temperatures of the past few weeks. Admittedly, the Belizeans feel as though they are the ones freezing right now as the temperature here is “only” in the 70s. It is amusing to see them bundled in… View Post