I was tough, once upon a time. I was tough and untouchable and unreachable and unabashedly proud of it. Just try to make me cry. Just try to...

For most of my time in this space, I have referred to my nameless children by their growing titles: the boy, the preschooler, the toddler, b...

Lent has arrived and there is much I want to give up. I want to give up my worries, all of them. Always worry has been my steady compani...

Whoever said the days are long? (Oh yes, I did, once or twice or probably a lot.) They don't feel long anymore. These days I'm...

"No, really, let me. I don't mind. It's no trouble at all. I'll take care of it." I was brushing off yet another off...

I love the feel of the new year's blank slate as much as the next person. New words , new goals, new hopes and plans, it's just all ...

The dinosaurs have come and they are wreaking havoc throughout our house. The kids wake up every morning and I listen - sure enough, "...