When I graduated from high school in the mid-70s, our class motto was,  “Live only for today because yesterday is but a memory and tomorrow is only a dream.” That all sounded great at the time, but that was long before I had three children.  When I became a mom, I realized my todays no longer included going out on Friday night with friends, staying up until the wee hours of the morning, and sleeping in as late as I wanted to.   I traded that  ...

It’s been several years ago since I was standing in the kitchen getting ready for a graduation open house that I heard something I never thought I would live long enough to hear—nothing. I wasn’t home alone.  All three of my children were in the next room.  They weren’t sleeping or engrossed in TV or a video.  Jamie was reading, Jill was sorting through some old pictures and Josh driving a race car on his X-box.  Unbelievably no one took  ...