My first prenatal appointment was the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend and I’d woken up that morning feeling pregnant and cranky. The doctor’s waiting room was...
As his debut novel, Leif Enger’s "Peace like a River" sings as beautiful as the hymn the title bears.
My family and I were new to our community. The church we’d been attending was having their annual Christmas cantata and I was single-parenting our three...
I used to fear the doorbell. I was afraid of someone stopping by to find me and my house in shambles. Dirty laundry strewn outside the...
I don’t try to fool myself into thinking that the average person who passes by our home on their morning jog will understand our "landscaping." Landscaping...
I have a heart murmur. I know it’s there, although the doctors deny it. OK, maybe I’m not describing the condition correctly. It may not be...