Since about 1974, my parents have kept up a tradition that I haven’t seen anyone else do, and for which I have come to be very grateful. My mom started a book when I was a year old (yes, you can now easily tell how old I am!) called “The Thanksgiving Book.” Every year she […]

We love to get to know our readers on a more personal level.  It makes this blog world of cyber space feel a little more intimate!  This month we chose to hear from Katie.  Her attitude toward her trials and positive hope makes me want to be a better person and look my trials square […]

Wouldn’t you love to know what’s around the bend? What’s coming? How it’ll all turn out?  More details about your future?  More answers to your questions?  I’m guessing that there was a time in your life that you felt really vulnerable.  Really unsettled.  I’m wondering what conversation you had with yourself in your head and […]

I had the privilege of attending a convention where Aron Ralston spoke about a month ago. For those of you who don’t know Aron, he is the guy that while canyoneering alone in Southern Utah had an accident and ended up with his right arm smashed/trapped under a huge boulder. He was trapped for 5 […]

One of my acquaintances once said to me, “You’re lucky. You have such easy children. Mine are so much harder to deal with than yours.”   I wanted to leap across the table and deck her one. But I didn’t. I am respectful of the experiences of others. For whatever reason, she believes her experience is much […]

  Baby Livy will be here tomorrow come rain or shine. I have been working a ton on her nursery trying to get it finished up for the little princess to come home too. What is it about being pregnant that turns us into crazy ladies? I would think I had it just right and […]

Several years ago when I was engaged to Brian, (my then boyfriend, now husband) we had made plans to meet for dinner one evening. I had arrived early so I decided to go into a nearby store to kill time where I found this lovely jar on display:     I thought if was funny […]

This weekend I have been thinking about the first time I held Tyson and Gavin. When we arrived at the hospital on the day Tyson was born, Mr. R rushed to Tyson’s birth mom’s side. She had had some complications and he wanted to make sure she was okay. He ran (literally) to her room. […]

  I remember the exact moment I saw him for the first time. My heart swelled, tempting to burst, my body immediately reaching towards his; every breath he took was my own. Eyes fixed to him, daring to memorize his every feature.     Smitten.   My arms ached as I held him, bidding time […]