I was just riding along in my car listening to the radio and all of a sudden it hit me—the swift, unforgiving, and suffocating grief that literally took my breath away. I paused, my chest... Read more >>

Inside Out-A Mother’s Journey of Acceptance I got a text from my 22 year old son. It was a mass text, written to me, my husband (his stepfather), my ex-husband and his wife, plus his 3 big... Read more >>

It all started in the year of 1996. I became a grandmother for the first time. I was so happy to hear the news from my son saying hes now a dad and father of a boy who would carry on his name. Of all... Read more >>

There is no greater gift on this earth for me than my family. I cherish my relationship with my loving husband, with my three wonderful children, and now with my first precious granddaughter. We are... Read more >>

(To see the accompanying video, click here.)   Often, the same quirks, reactions and behaviors that create problems between you and the female members of your famiy wouldn’t be a... Read more >>

It’s 10 a.m., and my sister who is two years younger than me is coming over for the day. She’ll be here in a couple hours, and I haven’t seen her for eight years. I’ve already... Read more >>

I all too quickly resumed what had at one point been a daily ritual of investigating the reason behind why I didn’t have breasts. For a while, I thought only the girls my age in Florida have... Read more >>

You’re Welcome “Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.” –Proverbs 25:25 (TNIV)   I’m not precise as to when it began, but I’m... Read more >>

She was so out of control with anger that I wasn’t sure what she was going to do. Then right before my eyes, she ripped that page right out of my new yearbook, leaving a partial tear in the next... Read more >>

He kept getting distracted, and the equation would evolve into “Darius plus Suzy equals naughty forbidden love.”  Or English lit became “How do I love thee, let me count the... Read more >>