Holiday + Seasons

I feel your love when you’re getting out of bed, quietly so as not to wake me. I feel it when you kiss me goodbye before you leave for work, even on days when you’re running late. I feel it when...

I don’t know if anyone else feels this way, but in my quest to become the best version of myself, I find that I become paralyzed in the face of doing all the things, and doing them “right”. I...

Traditionally November is the time of year when we focus on what we are thankful for in our lives. This year has been hard in many ways, and harder for some than others. Many have lost loved ones or...

Halloween is almost here and, as with most things this year, we are not back to “normal”. If you are feeling iffy about going door-to-door, keep reading for some fun alternatives to schlepping kids up and down the road...

"I guess I really don't know what Christmas is all about. Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?" Charlie Brown asked this of his friend Linus in the 1965 CBS Christmas special, Charlie Brown Christmas. At our...

When they were small, our kids always loved participating in musicals at church. I remember one year our oldest was chosen to be a character in a Christmas musical about two grandparents and their grandchildren playing the "Christmas Wish"...

If you identify as a mother on Mother's Day 2020, I wish that I could give you a break. I wish you could push the pause button for 24 hours and take a deep breath, a nap, a walk,...

Back in the 90s, there was an infomercial that came on all the time featuring a short, spiky blonde-haired woman, Susan Powter, who was selling her "Stop the Insanity" workout videos.  Every year as Spring Break inches closer, I...