Mommy, Why Are You Crying?
I’m at the car pick-up line at my daughter’s elementary school. Except now it’s the pick-up line where my daughter’s teachers are handing…
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Let Us Raise Water Walkers of Faith
The house is calm and dark. The bathroom light illuminates the hallway while you sleep, sweet child. Quietly, I tiptoe down the wooden corridor of…
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3 Hard-Fought Lessons I’ve Learned as a Special Needs Parent
I have been a mother for seven whole years and a caregiver to our little fireball for three years. Going into motherhood, I didn’t expect to have a…
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Dear Kids, Always Remember How Close You Are Right Now
Right now, you’re best friends. You beg to come with me when it’s time to wake sissy up from her nap, and her first words every morning are…
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Marry the Man Who Stays By Your Side
I had a lot of ideas about what romance was like, back before I got married. I had lists and fantasies about the type of man I’d marry, the things…
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I Know We Can’t Go Back, So I’ll Savor My Baby Today
I used to grab him every morning at 5 a.m. when he’d cry out for me. I’d trudge my tired body to his nursery, I’d scoop him up, and I’d carry…
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On the Surface We Look Fine, But I’m Starting To See the Cracks
If you were to zoom in on our family at dinner time recently, we’d look like any other family during normal times. Hubby and I making dinner, our…
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Military Kids Are Serving, Too
7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. Midnight during a sleep cycle interruption. 4 a.m. 6 a.m. No these are not times my baby woke up for a feeding or from…
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What I Didn’t Know When I Became a Military Spouse
I’m going to be perfectly honest: I had no intention of leaving the state of Pennsylvania when I went to college. But God had other plans when I…
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The Cemetery Fills Me With Comfort and Sorrow
It’s a beautiful day. The sun is shining with such intensity I find myself squinting. Every time I venture to my mother’s grave, the sun shines…
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He Doesn’t See a Weed
He doesn’t see a weed. He sees something that will make Mommy smile. He doesn’t see a weed. He sees something to blow on that sheds out into…
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Sometimes There’s No Right or Wrong Choice—There’s Just a Choice
I was frantically scribbling away on the classic pro/con list, desperate and frustrated as each column found a way to even out the other side when…
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