Now I Know Before I had three kids, one infant seat, a playpen, a gnawed crib and an incomplete magnetic alphabet stuck to the refrigerator, I lived simply in a two-bedroom apartment with my husband. We had a double bed…
Don’t you love to be around people who are fun? Not people who use fun in the wrong way – to belittle another person, but the kind of fun that makes you laugh till your stomach hurts! I loved being…
I loved spending summers on my grandparents’ farm. Grandpa was a dairy farmer, so his day began way before sunrise. I recall hearing him head out the back door and down the path by the smoke house where he would…
The teachers we remember most are not necessarily the ones who are famous or hold some high position. The teachers we remember most, the ones who stand out from the rest, are the ones who made a profound and lasting…
Check out these quotes that give those of us who are parents something to think about: Our children are not just going to be our children. They are going to be other people’s husbands and wives and the parents of our…
A lot of hard work goes into building a successful family. Looking back over 35+ years of parenting, along with the fact that we definitely made our share of mistakes, here are 3 key steps that will contribute to a a…
It’s been almost 20 years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. As the Director of the Children’s Choir at church, I was approached by a young girl who wanted to audition to sing in the Christmas musical…