This is what we woke up to on Sunday morning!

We made it to Idaho and are settling in. It’s beautiful here, and the people are great. As I expected, there have been good days, a couple of hard ones too… and it…

What to do on the hard days

My daughter Katie and I, and a few of her friends and their parents, sit outside on the restaurant patio and eat lunch. One of the moms asks me about the…

You’re a gardener, mom.

For Mother’s Day a few year’s ago, my son gave me a hand-painted ceramic pot with a fabric flower inside of it: It was the perfect gift for me because…

This friend…

“This all has to stop,” my friend sobs on the other end of the phone. I listen and nod. “I know,” I tell her. “I know.” And as I grapple…

How to pursue your dreams… every day

“I can tell you this, on your God-sized dreams journey… You will feel fear. You will fail at some point. And you may even find that you have to let a dream go. But…

Yes, you are…

I walked into the locker room at the gym the other day when a woman passed me, smiled, and said out of the blue, “You’re pretty.” I did sort of a…