You Are The Best Mom Your Kids Ever Had
My son Michael tells me, “You are the best mom I ever had.” Every time he tells me that, I smile. I’ve thought a lot about that sentence....
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Teen Literature Day
For this list I have excluded religious texts, plays, short stories, and books from a series. These five books meet a certain criterion I...
Save the Elephant Day
“...I can watch elephants for hours at a time, for sooner or later the elephant will do something very strange such as mow grass with its...
Happy Draw a Bird Day
The following story is told from the Draw a Bird Day Website "In 1943, Dorie Cooper was a 7-year-old living in England. Her mother took...
Creative Mothering: How Reality Can Exceed our Expectations
My dad was Mr. Ewing, the art teacher. He would visit all the schools in the district, bringing fun projects to our classes for...
Mister Rogers -The Answer is Always Love
Me to my child: “I love you.” Child: smile Me: “Do you know why I love you?” Child: “Why?” Me: “Because you are you.” This was a common...
Mister Rogers -The Answer Is Always Love
Me to my child: “I love you.” Child: smile Me: “Do you know why I love you?” Child: “Why?” Me: “Because you are you.” This was a common...
Match Made in Grammar
Who cares about the toothpaste tube or the toilet seat? The biggest disagreements in my marriage have been over things that actually...
You Can't Choose Your Children's Memories
An excerpt from One Mom to Another: Be Kind to Yourself, Embrace the Good, Find Joy in the Everyday. A few years ago, my daughter...
Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day!
Rich and I plant zucchini every year. It's the one crop we always know will produce. Every year, regardless of where we live, the type of...
Tell an Old Joke Day!
Rich loves corny jokes. For example, when we are driving anywhere with our children and pass by a cemetery: “That’s a really nice...
The Smile that Shines Through Tears
I committed this poem to memory when I was going through a particularly hard time in life and it has stayed with me for almost 30 years....
Happy Peanut Butter Cookie Day
Luke and Nora, two of my grandchildren, came over and helped me bake some cookies for Peanut Butter Cookie Day (June 12th). The recipe I...
Summer Summit
It’s here: the end of the school year! The last month of the school year is not unlike the last month of pregnancy. Women are tired, worn...
The Sacredness of Now
(excerpt from "One Mom to Another"- A Mighty Work.) I once gave a talk in a women’s conference with the theme, “With Joy Wend Your Way.”...
Why Can't You Just Get Along ?
We were driving from Ohio to Indiana in a blinding rainstorm. Rich had a new job and I was driving the children to meet him and look for...
Beautiful Inside
“I’M BEAUTIFUL INSIDE!” I turned my head sharply and read these words boldly printed on top of a For Sale sign in front of a house. I...
Loss
An excerpt from my book, One Mom to Another. Dayne taught me we are all the same. As a young man, Blake completed two years of missionary...
"Lift" One Another in our Divine Roles
Let’s talk about how important it is that we lift one another. Now, you’re all probably thinking I mean lifting one another figuratively,...