Today is "D Day": Diagnosis Day. Twenty years ago TODAY we heard the words “Malignant.” It was December 10, 1997. I had survived a four hour surgery. I was eight months pregnant and our daughter was still alive there inside me. The ...
I knew the globe was weathered. I found it at Goodwill, after all. I loved the blue of the ocean, the way the North American mountains were raised, how time zones divided it all, and the grade-school memories that it conjured up. The globe fit squa ...
Dear Neurotic Parent, Here’s the deal. You are going to move your precious child into a college dorm room soon and you’re going to feel ALL the emotions. You’re going to spend a lot of money at Walmart. You are going to face obstacles and unex ...
My co-authored book with Tammy H. Meyer launches in just about a month! I wanted to share just a little of my heart behind this work with you, my friends who have followed this blog for several years. So here's my heart behind this book: I ...
I read yesterday that Wonder Woman's film debut marked the biggest opening ever for a female director. There was huge anticipation for this debut and I might have been a little too giddy about seeing this movie. Some girlfriends and I decided it warr ...
It leaves me speechless, awed, the enormity of the cross. The plaque at its base, rising 208 feet over the marshes, says that it marks the approximate site where Christianity was first planted in what is now the United States back in 1565. ...
