After school, he waits on the comfy chair for us to get home, rolls over for scratches when we do, and runs to the back door to go out....

Nobody got much sleep in the Sanders house last night, not after 4:00 A.M. anyway. That’s when the screeching began. An extremely light...

There she stood in the center of the church foyer, all forty-eight inches of her, blonde head thrown back, soft arms outstretched above...

When I hear young mommies and daddies talking about the way their kids act when they get home from an extended stay at Grandma and...

As a young girl, I never could get into the whole baby doll scene, changing diapers, fake bottle-feeding, ventriloquist burping, etc. I...

When I was just a little girl, I asked Jesus into my heart. I remember lying in my bed and knowing that I needed Him. Though I don’t...

Warm in the glow of a stained glass window, a communion cracker in my hand, I join the congregation in singing an old, familiar hymn and...

It’s an early morning drive, and I am all alone today. Glad for the quiet, I turn off the radio and absorb the drone of my SUV’s...

I am not a Star Trek fan, but an episode caught my eye last night as I was flipping channels. LieutenantWorf had accidentally slipped...

I don’t love weddings the way some women do, but I enjoyed myself immensely at a wedding last Friday night. It was a simple, yet elegant...

Last week was one of grown-up frustration, unexpected bills to be paid, challenging relationships to navigate, and difficult decisions to...

I wish my kids could meet my Pepa, but he passed away before they were born. Hunter came close to meeting him, though.  Within touching...

Growing up, I was a Mema’s girl, and why not? She always made me feel as if I were the most important person in the world, buying all of...

When my daughter Hope was in the second grade, she started bringing me wildflowers from the school playground. Every afternoon, smiling...

Our across-the-street neighbor is a curious old man with the enthusiasm of a child and the body of the Abominable Snowman. I know this...

Camp is the best place in the world to people watch. Last week, my daughter and I went on a long hike around Falls Creek youth camp in...

Chico and I took a walk in a new neighborhood recently and came across something pretty remarkable. Judging by the way he walked...

I used to think I could really sing, but now I know better. Now, certain friends and family members of mine would argue with this...

This has been a lotion on my toothbrush kind of day so far. I am so distracted by the heavy dose of this world that I’ve been forced to...

I love to watch little kids play. A couple of days ago, while at the mall, I got a weird foot cramp and used it as an excuse to sit on...