By Amy Sullivan The Sure Factor
In college, while waiting for the elevator, someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around and no one was…
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A Gift for Mom! 🤍
Faith
By Sue Harrison Celebrate!
My friend Toby, who lives in Louisiana, tells a wonderful Mardi Gras story about her son Jeff. When Jeff was…
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By Dana Hurst You have to crawl to walk and walk to run to be successful
A note of encouragement from someone I look up to very much, my brother. This has resonated with me all…
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By Betty Streff We Never Walk Alone
I have a new ritual thanks to our oldest daughter. She gave me a small devotional book for Christmas that…
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Car Care
When our granddaughter Taylor was two years old, she decided that she was fed up with the rules at home…
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By Maralee Bradley The Velveteen Parent (how I became “real”)
I held three of my squirmy, jostling children close to me as I read them a bedtime story. I picked…
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Apples of Gold
May I have a word with you? Each time I share something from my heart I lay myself open and…
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Pinecone Wars, Basketball Tournaments, and Rest
Six was a pretty solid age for me. My mom quit putting pink, sponge rollers in my hair. I knew…
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Bedtime Stories
My friend Katie was having a bedtime conversation with her older son Ryan, when he said to her, "Mom, when…
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Cherish Every New Day
Earlier this evening, as the last car pulled out of our driveway, I happened upon a wonderful video about gratitude.…
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By Traci Runge Remembering Our Blessings
Last year while celebrating New Year’s with our children, we introduced a new tradition, The Gratitude Jar. We each started…
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Yeeee Haaaaw!
Don't you just love the absolute delight on these children's faces? (Thank you Amber Fitzwater - the little boy on…
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