The school massacre in Newtown Connecticut was one week ago today. The stories are everywhere. Horrific tales of terror, panic and dea...

My first 'real' Christmas. Age 14 months. I've been trying to remember gifts I have received for Christmas. I know I rec...

It was Christmas. The time of magic. Wonderment. And gift-giving. For a single mom with two little girls, an income sufficient for...

Me - and my Disneyland Holiday hat It was the trip to end all trips. Disneyland. That magical place that only existed in my...

An Unexpected Angel Ella Davies hates Christmas and everything about it. But she didn't always. There was a time when Ell...

Still away . . . having a great time!!! Clockwise from right: Aly (Hired man's son), Anita, Blair, and Me - in my little gol...

A repost as I head off on a book-signing tour. Wish me luck! Grant and Diane The very early days of marriage, of most marria...

Our good friends weren't planning on being home for Christmas. Instead, they were taking their family to spend the holiday with hi...

What could be simpler???! I have no excuse. I'll let you judge . . . A woman in our church group, whom I had never met, had...

Oh sure. He's looks innocent here . . . Christmas morning, the exciting, present-opening part, was inevitably on hold until the ki...

Last night, we invited a bunch of the grandkids over to help Gramma and Grampa bring in Christmas. It was . . . fun. Though many of said g...

A rant My Husby and I like to swim. It keeps us healthy and young. Or at least healthy. After a bit of rigorous paddling, we like ...

Mom was in a panic. She had looked away for an instant. An instant. And her toddler had disappeared. Christine, dressed in her war...

Red Mittens - not just for hands any more! Photo credit:  polarbearstale.blogspot.com We were shopping. I will admit, here...