“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” “For the holidays you can't beat home sweet...

As I was sitting in church this morning listening to the Christmas cantata, it dawned on me that even though this is a different year...

Birthdays. I’ve always been a big fan of birthdays. I tend to enjoy making a big deal of other people’s. The thought of presents,...

Perspective is such a funny thing. It can make the same thing look completely wrong or absolutely right depending on which side of the...

Yesterday was December 7th. Does that date ring a bell? “A day that will live in infamy,” Franklin D. Roosevelt remarked. Pearl Harbor...

I love reading, always have. My mom started me on this path. She read to me in utero, and everyday after I was born until I learned to...

Have you ever heard the nutritional wisdom that you need to listen to your body? It will tell you what it needs? For example, if you...

Thanksgiving was over. The dishes were all washed and put away, even the roasting pan was back in the spot where it spends the majority...

Well tomorrow is the big day. Are you ready? Have you loosened your belt or put on yoga pants? Have you claimed the spot where you...

This week I got reacquainted with an old friend. It’s been awhile since we’ve gotten together, and frankly I never look forward to our...

Where do you do your best thinking? Where do you ponder the big questions? The meaning of life stuff. I would love to say I do my best...

Let me paint the picture for you: a crisp, autumn day, beautiful fall leaves, bright sunshine, blue skies. The band plays as the...

With some decisions I’ve over-thought them, looked at them from every possible angle. With others, I’ve jumped in headfirst with...

Diamonds, pearls, emeralds, sapphires, and rubies. All are beautiful, and all are valuable, but the pearl holds a place of honor in the...

Paul and I are highly competitive with each other. When we play tennis it becomes a death match, and he usually (99% of the time) wins. ...

I'm not sure if there's a more helpless feeling than when your child is sick, and you can't fix it. Or in this case, you're not even...

Cooler days, colorful leaves, cups of warm coffee. The list of things I love about autumn goes on and on, and while part of me is really...

Through an odd set of circumstances this week, I was introduced to a man I would normally never meet. He’s an older gentleman with a...

Yesterday afternoon I went to the garden and picked the last beans of summer from the vines. There was only a handful. Soon the plants...

I had a complicated relationship with my mother-in-law as did most people. She was a complicated person. But one piece of advice she...