Child 1 had an orthodontist appointment today. He's a little old for the fun traditions from his not-so-distant young childhood. ...

I recently heard a someone say to ask yourself What is the best that could happen? instead of asking about the worst that could happen. ...

If you were driving north out of Indianapolis last night and saw and heard a mom in her 40s blasting out her favorite Bon Jovi song and...

My kitchen looks like a crime scene if food could be a victim. Kara and her cousins, D & T, made... (da-da-da--that's a drum roll in case...

This past week has brought a wide variety of people across my path. That's normal. What's not normal is my taking note of it. I don't...

Have you ever had a day in which you're halfway through 11 showings on properties in another city, on a very hot, Summer day, and the car...

My Saturday morning was chaotic. I did a little work from home while drinking coffee as it slowly morphed from hot and refreshing to...

Tonight was one of those nights I just couldn't come inside. I endured the voluntary torture of dance fitness, but if you've read any...

I'm really struggling to write lately. Not that I don't enjoy it; I do. It's just that so much is too personal to put out on a public...

My favorite times with my children are when they are calming down for sleep or waking up. Their noise machines haven't kicked in for the...

It is now April. We're past April Fool's Day. Nobody pulled a fast one on me, and if they did, I have yet to discover it. That also...

North-central Indiana woke up to a beautiful blanket of snow this morning. We've had snow already, but the old snow gets dirty--some of...

We're far enough into a new year that lots of goals have already be derailed or abandoned. I don't have specific goals for a new year,...

"When the cat's away, oh, how the mice do play!" I'm not a mouse, but my version of playing was to have a nap and a bowl of ice cream...

Guess what fun I've been having lately? Sometimes the fun is more imagined than obvious, but here it is: Anticipating, then taking, an...

I spent last weekend with my grandmother and one of my aunts who lives out of state. Grandma's house has always been a place of good...

Wet towels greeted me this morning. Rather, the sight and smell of them greeted me. Towels can't very well speak. "Hang up your wet...

My favorite part of the day? Spending time with Kara, my lovely daughter, walking around the neighborhood. That's when she really opens...

This song never fails to reduce me to a puddle of tears by the third line. If you've not heard it, it's well worth the time to listen....

Jingle bells, jingle bells... Oh, wait, it's the wrong time of year for that. We have a nice pile of snow on the ground here, and on all...