Teaching Our Children to Fail Well
Last year both of my children came home with test papers labeled with a 67 in bold red ink. The competitive perfectionist inside me...
It was just another day, until it wasn't
We talk about big life events because they remind us who we are and where we've been. In the Bible, the people of Isreal took stones from...
Let Them Grow UP
Last night I lay in the bed staring through the darkness at the wall. The knot in my stomach turned and grew. I’d allowed my child to...
The Prettiest Little Cemetery, Sweet Peaches and a Couple of Shoplifters
Josh and I had been dating about six months when he took me to Memphis to meet his grandparents. Sometime after lunch they were talking...
If Food Was a Love Language
When we moved into our new neighborhood a few months ago, we knew several people but none of our nearest neighbors. One night I cooked a...
Fun Fridays: How to Battle 18 Summers
A few years ago I looked at my school-aged boy and my preschool girl and realized how short the summers were. I was doing work I loved...
Feeling Vulnerable With a Hole in the Middle
We have been having granite countertops put into our kitchen. It’s been a big ole mess for weeks. The guys brought over huge slabs of...
All Your Dumb Twin Questions Answered
Growing up my twin sister and I would roll our eyes at my mamaw who thought we should live our lives in tandem. We joked if it were up to...
I'm a Yes-Aholic (Part 2)
When I was in college, I wrote a column for the student newspaper about being a yes-aholic. I knew then that I had a tendency to over...
The Patience Chronicles
“He was being impatient.” My husband’s blue eyes meant business as he diagnosed the problem with the man who almost ran into my car...
