Tag Archives: Relationships

So this may be one of those posts that you might accidentally print and leave somewhere sort of obvious but not obvious. Like posted on the fridge. Or the bathroom mirror. A subtle hint. Because the b...

It was late. That time of the evening where everyone else had gone to bed, but I was still up. And I wasn’t enjoying the quiet time relaxing on the couch, remote in hand as I might have liked.&#...

These times are so hard. So painful. So heavy. This past weekend, hundreds of thousands of women marched across the globe for a myriad of reasons falling under the larger umbrella of “women&rsqu...

When it comes to our most basic needs we think: Food, Water, Shelter. But, when you think about our emotions we can drill it down to love and belonging. We are hard wired to love, be loved and belong....

Parents, we live in a world where countless children are starting to view pornography in their preadolescent years.* And it isn't safe to assume our children won't somehow fall into that category...

As a mother of four, I’ve not endured the death of a child. I haven’t known the gnawing emptiness of losing a daughter or a son. Yet for the last seven years I’ve had the ho...

We send Christmas cards every year. I love mailing them out and getting updates from other families in return. Each year our card is accompanied by a brief little synopsis of our family's annual highl...

My daughter is playing with bottles of paint. Except she’s not painting with them. The pink one is Elsa, the purple one is Anna, and they are shimmying down the leg of the dining room table to r...

It doesn't pair well with visions of sugar plums, candy canes and stockings. But the holidays can be a time of sadness, of loss, of depression for many people. The traditions and...

It is heart-breaking to picture a child on Christmas without a present under the tree from mom or dad. When a mom or dad are in prison the crime’s innocent victims are often forgotten. We can ch...