Typically, I read non-fiction in winter, which means I have a great batch of recommendations for you today. I read seven books so far this year, here is a sh...

I have an hour of free time between errands. I head toward my favorite stop: the bookstore. I drift between genres, picking up books because of their covers,...

Thanksgiving is hard. There, I said it. I'm hosting. My family is (mostly) a delight. We pretty much agree politically AND religiously. I know, right? What h...

My new friend and I are laughing so hard we are wiping away tears. I can barely catch my breath. I sit in a chair close to her at the end of the bed. A light...

I stand in the kitchen on a rainy October day eating blueberry coffee cake. My mom has been diagnosed with cancer. Life throws us this new ingredient over th...

I went to the eye doctor today. I wear contacts and glasses and needed to update the prescription, as I've been feeling my right eye strain to see things in ...

The definition of spirituality is a tricky thing. So I've included the above picture in order to help you. Because, of course, this is the definition in pict...

I caught my daughter's eye as the wrong words popped up on the screen during the worship song. The congregation stumbled as we tried to follow the leader, ma...

It comes out of nowhere. The light turns green, I start to go, and there is a pickup coming at me out of the corner of my eye. He's blown the red light. I sw...

“I’m fairly local. I’ve been around. / I’ve seen the streets you’re walking down.” -Twenty One Pilots There's a new grocery store that's opened up by us. One...

I've been to Target a lot. I'm a mom of three. I live in the suburbs. I live five minutes from a Target. In fact, my dad passed away and about six months lat...

Oh, I saw the cutest jacket today. I wanted it. I tried it on... and it made me: Pale, overweight, broad shouldered, blah, blah blah. It somehow managed to p...