The First 10 Years: How Two Broken People Kept Their Marriage from Breaking
We met online in October of 2005, by way of a spam email ad I was THIS CLOSE to marking…
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We met online in October of 2005, by way of a spam email ad I was THIS CLOSE to marking…
Continue Reading“Is this painful for you?” my husband whispers to me from the sidelines of our home soccer field. “So painful,”…
Continue ReadingI call my son’s doctor at 7:59, hoping to grab one of the appointments they release upon opening each morning.…
Continue ReadingI used to know things. Truly, I did. Things like how to arrange cut flowers. How to balance a checkbook…
Continue ReadingSomething big happened last Sunday. I was upstairs getting ready for church, hustling (and sweating) like always, knowing I had…
Continue ReadingI know. I’m a thirty-something white-privileged woman who grew up in the rural Midwest culture of hunting and fishing, drinking,…
Continue ReadingI recently interviewed two women living with Multiple Sclerosis for a guest feature on my blog. When I asked them…
Continue ReadingJust off the highway on the edge of our town is an artesian spring that runs continuously from spring to…
Continue ReadingIf you've ever craved Chinese takeout, you'll swoon for this colorful stir-fry that's similar to a Szechuan or Kung Pao…
Continue ReadingLast week, my husband and I drove 100 miles to a training for foster and adoptive parents. After dropping our…
Continue ReadingI have always known that adoption would be part of my story, so it was no surprise that over a…
Continue ReadingSeveral years ago, our family was befriended by a community acquaintance with whom we shared some extracurricular activities. Over time,…
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