Certain elements of the Christmas season bring me warm, fuzzy feelings every year. Colorful light displays. Children’s Christmas programs. Hot cocoa and family recipe cookies. My tree decorated with treasured ornaments. I look forward to these traditions because they are tickets to temporary happiness in what is often a stressful time of social interaction. Tempted … Read more
Recently my treadmill broke, so I have been exercising outside in the glorious autumn weather. Years ago, my husband and I purchased acreage from a small country church, and now a county road runs between our properties. I had never considered the church cemetery’s gravel pathway to be a walking track until my treadmill broke. … Read more
Recently I entered my third year as a secretary at a Christian high school. I have learned much about teenagers in my time there—mainly that I cannot communicate in the same way with them as I do with my own younger children. What I’ve learned about teens also helps me in my interactions with the … Read more