Tag Archives: Relationships

Between graduation festivities, college acceptance letters, and the rising thermometer, spring is an incredibly exciting time for high school seniors. But just behind that exhilaration can be a fair a...

I haven’t been watching my grandkids now for about 6 months…boo hoo.  Now that I’m getting away from having such little ones around me every day, sometimes I forget what it is ...

My not-quite-two-year-old daughter stepped on the scale the other day. She giggled, looked down at the number, and stepped off. She was totally unaware of what she was doing, other than copying someth...

She was crabby.  Again.  She was always crabby.  My heart sunk in my chest as I ordered my coffee.  She made me feel like I had done something wrong every time I approached her cou...

It's been almost a year since my sister and I started our ladies-only hiking group. I can't even remember exactly what prompted us to start the group. All I know is I'd had 3 babies in 4 years and I t...

My friend Alysha owns and operates a successful salon and boutique in downtown Bellingham, Washington. It is a darling little shop, sleek and stylish and full of sparkle. It is appropriately named Bli...

It was my son’s first field trip as a kindergartener and I’d been given the task of keeping tabs on him and another boy while we explored the museum. We spent the morning running from one ...

I can see it so clearly in my oldest daughter—that constant yearning and wanting and always needing something more.  No sooner does she get what she wants than she is on to the next thing, ...

It all started when I saw my Pastor’s wife whisper something in her child’s ear one day.  The countenance of that child’s face just lit up from whatever it was she whispered.&nb...

The other night as my husband and I were tucking our 4-year old son into bed (or what seemed to be hour two of the bedtime marathon routine), my husband asked, “what do you think mommy should ge...