We were sitting on the couch in our living room - all six of us. My husband had called an informal but necessary "family meeting." Why? Well, for one, I was so stressed that I was experiencing heart palpitations. I told him I just needed...
When I was about eight years old, my father got a job working for Delta Airlines which moved our family from Fruit Heights, UT to Gainesville, GA. I remember the pain that came into my heart when my parents told me the news. How could...
“Rain, rain, go away!” I sang, trying to cheer my cabin fever frustrated sons. Several days of continuous downpour had us all antsy for sunshine. We decided to "set up shop," using a large tumbling mat to construct the back and side walls of our new building....
"All their life in this world and all their adventures...
I've been pregnant six times in a dozen years. In that same period, we've endured five deployments, two miscarriages, and six moves. And through it all, I swore I was okay. I thought I had to be, I thought I had no other option. After a...
When we became mothers, we said "yes" to life. We prayed for, planned, and prepared our hearts and homes to receive this new life. We waited, worried, prayed for, anticipated...
(How I feel after grocery shopping ...
It had been a hard morning. I had been impatient with the kids, my heart full of anger and frustration. I wearily carried my two year old boy to his bed for a nap and collapsed with him on his bed, my heart weighed down...
Our family attends a church that has been blessed with a multitude of children and it seems that every few Sundays we are privileged to witness another baby dedication. During each dedication, we as a church body are reminded of our role to support the...
My husband loves to tell stories of when he was a teenager and the smell of his mother's homemade pizza filled their home. There is something so warm and comforting about certain foods from our childhood and his mom's pizza clearly ranked on the top...