Tag Archives: Relationships

She sat in the garden and surveyed the chaos in front of her.  When had things gotten so completely out of control?  It seemed that one minute everything was in order and the next it all was...

An open note to my daughter and to all the girls of this year’s graduating class: 1. Never stick your wet hand in the freezer. For that matter, don’t stick any wet limbs in t...

Lauren Flake is the author of 'Where Did My Sweet Grandma Go?: A Preschooler's Guide to Losing a Loved One.'  We had the opportunity to interview her about the story behind this book.&#...

Y’all.   I know some amazing people. Truly. People who love Jesus and take care of their neighbors and support their church. They are in the Word and pray each day and...

I have a picture from my childhood.  It shows my mother in bed on Mother’s Day with a breakfast tray on her lap and her three children lined up by her side.  Years later, she shared wi...

I went to a women's gathering, and as we introduced ourselves to one another we were instructed to share something interesting about ourselves. It was my turn. I had nothing.�...

They live in the most darling Austin-but-Southern-eque house just down the street, with plantation rockers on the two sets of porches that grace the front of the home. All their babies have been born ...

Picture this. It's 4:30pm. And although I really despise the term 'witching hour' it seems as the hungry and the tired and the overstimulated kicks in with the kids, they begin to go wild a...

Back in the day, as they say, I ran cross-country at the first of three high schools I would attend during my tender teen years. My dad’s career was in rocketry and we followed the Space Shuttle...

My last first date was over ten years ago (yikes!). I often wonder how I would handle dating these days, especially given things like the blow-up of technology. When my husband and I met, I still had ...