One Special Friend to Show Kindness
Have you ever felt like everyone was in on a joke except you? I’m not sure if I should feel angry or sad, but deep in my heart, I’m feeling a strange combination of dark emotions that are all jumbled together and desperately striving to find the light. And it’s all the result of a
Mouse Hunters
The last — LAST thing I wanted to do today was call an exterminator, but when my husband mentioned this morning that for the past two nights he’s been hearing “scurrying” in the walls after I’ve gone to bed, I called. Actually, calling was the second step. The first step was sending out a frantic
Sometimes Kindness Means Extending the Olive Branch
I am the youngest of 50 cousins on my dad’s side of the family. I have several hundred second-cousins, but please don’t ask me to name more than 10 of them. The last family reunion was held at a park in Wisconsin and was a bit of a community event. It’s always hard to tell
Couple Shows Kindness Through Fruits of Labor
There has been a big white garbage bag sitting on our back porch for about three weeks. My sweet daughter, Jordan, planted a garden this spring, lovingly tended it all summer, beamed with pride when we used her homegrown carrots in a pot roast, and then painstakingly pulled all the left-over vines, leaves and roots
Sick Day
Remember yesterday when I said you should take a “Do Nothing Moment” for yourself? It has recently been revealed to me that sometimes God will decide you need an entire DAY to do nothing… and give you a kid who is sick enough to stay home from school, but not too sick to snuggle and
Do Nothing Moment
I have nothing to do. Seriously. It’s the strangest feeling in the world. I came home from the gym this morning with every intention of doing what I do every morning: walking into my house and then moving around mindlessly until it’s noon and time to pick up my youngest son from preschool. Normally I
Taking the Sting Out of Urgent Care
I broke my 33 year sting-free streak this weekend… The last time I was stung, I was 6 years old. This time it wasn’t a bee that got me, it was a big black wasp. I put my hand down on a railing at an outdoor restaurant Friday night and promptly lifted it back up
