The Best Birthday Build-up!

The Best Birthday Build-up!

And just like that, we’re in the Christmas countdown! However, in our extended family, December also brings a vastly disproportionate number of birthdays than the rest of the year. Truly, a month of concentrated, supercharged gift-giving fun! As we travel around...
Getting Your Best Beach Bod

Getting Your Best Beach Bod

These are clearly not me, and I may not be the world’s foremost authority on this topic. My youngest son agrees with unfortunate consistency every time he tells me how much he loves my pudge. Better than hating it, I suppose! Either way, I can’t and...
Four Phrases for Father’s Day

Four Phrases for Father’s Day

Here I am, about to celebrate this special day of dadding by preparing for a 17-hour mini-van trip around Lake Michigan! Exotic, you say? Well, yes, the endless construction and Wisconsin shoreline are quite lovely. No sarcasm at all. And although being pampered on a...
Be Thankful for What?

Be Thankful for What?

With the weather warming and all of us getting outside, there are so many things we can now see, hear, smell, and feel to be thankful for. Especially now that most of my spring yard work is behind me! Counting our blessings comes easy to us in spring, when cabin fever...
The Wisdom of Our Youngers

The Wisdom of Our Youngers

TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, texting, and even Facebook are all things I’ve learned from young people. Snapchat was a hard pass. And as I meet new groups of students each year, I never cease to be amazed by how their lingering childhood informs our adulthood. As...
When YOU Need A Good Samaritan

When YOU Need A Good Samaritan

Imagine this… There has been an accident in the middle of your local mall full of Christmas shoppers, leaving two of them injured. Your loved one is the first, actively bleeding to death. The second has a deep, painful gash in his finger that will also require...