Control Freak? Moi?
January! Time for hibernating: warm soups on the stove, scented candles flickering on the counter, movie watching, book reading, and calendar plotting. Calendar plotting? I am a self-admitted calendar...
View ArticleMy Family Is Just Right
I do believe I have the perfect number of children–four. Four is the perfect balance between large families and small. Four seems just large enough that those moms with fewer children (especially just...
View ArticleEverything He Needs to Know . . .
Suddenly the year of “wasted” tuition seemed infinitely valuable. One minority year was an experience that would change my son’s outlook for life.
View ArticleWe Could Have Had It All
It’s hard to watch Whitney standing there in all her ‘80s glory: gorgeous voice, huge hair, headband, patriot tracksuit and all, reveling in the music and the energy of the crowd. Didn’t she almost...
View ArticleTechnology, Our Blessing/Our Curse: a Reflection on “Living into Focus” by...
Hey What She Said readers! Come on over to our sister blog, “What She Read” to find out about a new book by Arthur Boers about technology and distraction. Confession: I was thinking about this book...
View ArticleOnce Upon a Time
I once read a fairy tale about a land where no one had any extended family—no aunts, no uncles, no cousins. They did not even have brothers or sisters. The evil prince had outlawed siblings because he...
View ArticleAre you a True Believer… or GCB?
There is no gospel: an understanding of our deep sin and our need for a Savior. There is no understanding of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. Instead, GCB shows a “Christian” culture at its worst, with...
View ArticleFairest of Them All
Julia Roberts. In college I loved her chick flicks. Pretty Woman. Steel Magnolias. So it felt a little odd to take my daughters to see a Julia Roberts flick. It was even stranger to realize that in...
View ArticleA Life Well Lived
“You keep on doing what you do best as long as you can. I enjoyed every minute of it for more than 70 years. If I could live it over again, I'd do exactly the same thing and marry the same man.”
View ArticleExtraordinary Miracles and Ordinary Wednesdays
Losing a child is every mother’s biggest fear. It’s a fear that Laura Clark faced on February 27, 2002, when her two-month-old son Wesley was found in his crib, not breathing. Despite emergency...
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