I know, I know you are all going to want to lecture me after you read this post. So, let's start with a warning:: I am not asking you yo...

I have not been feeling well lately. My symptoms are odd and scary.  I'm passing out (vasovegal episodes) when I go to the bathroom.  My...

I brushed Lily's hair this morning as we were getting ready for church.  I didn't have time for anything fancy, I just parted her ha...

My oldest child just turned 17 yesterday. Doesn't 17 seem so much older than 16?  It's so close to 18 and 20 and manhood... In a hou...

Eve got out of bed three times last night. She went into Ben's room and together they tiptoed, giggled, and hid from me. They had a litt...

(This was the first house we ever owned... 9213 Solitude Lane, Belleville, MI.) We went to visit Todd's brother and his darling family f...

Sometimes I feel a desperation to know someone who is succeeding in a life more difficult than mine.  I need to know that it is possible to ...

Not the most flattering picture... I'm laying in bed writing my meal plan so I can go grocery shopping today. Christmas is swirling in m...