It’s Christmas Eve. For weeks (or days or hours) some of us have been making preparations for the holidays. Christmas is many things to many people. Among other things, it’s a season to celebrate with family and friends. And there’s the rub for people in the midst of divorce. Family, friends and traditions change. Drastically. [...]
For the last few years, I’ve spent time observing the culture of Orthodontic Arts because we have three children in varying stages of orthodontia. These folks know their customers. You may think “patients” would be a more appropriate term, but I disagree. For you see, the customers at Orthodontic Arts, the people who do the [...]
It is with great interest that I just read Stan Schroeder’s post on Facebook‘s New Terms of Service. (See related link here.) As a parent, I’m concerned. Are you? I’m not an alarmist. I don’t get weirded out by Big Brother. I don’t feel the need to react when people say the sky is falling. [...]
There’s just something about the girlfriends of life. Watch and see if you agree with author of The Middle Place, Kelly Corrigan. And to my own girlfriends – those who welcomed me into a new town 20 years ago this month, and those who came along afterwards, thank you. We’ve played cards together and board [...]
(This post is part of a group writing project from Robert Hruzek.) Times were tough. Hannah was two years old and Morgan was only two weeks old when my ex-husband and I separated in what I will describe as the most difficult period of my life. Life as I had known it came to a [...]
Sometimes I feel like Sunday mornings, just before church, are the hardest times on our family. It’s crazy really! We get up every week day in time for school and work but somehow Sunday mornings are the day when we’re most likely to be short-tempered with one another (mostly I’m short-tempered). The following video really [...]
Blessing On Monday I talked with someone about a book I had read more than 10 years ago. “The Blessing” by Gary Smalley and John Trent, PhD, is based on the Old Testament practice of first-born sons receiving the blessing from their fathers. Of course, many of today’s sons and daughters have never experienced such [...]
I have felt the ugly reality of prejudice and I see things differently as a result. So tonight when all the major newsies announced Obama and when I watched his acceptance speech, I cried. You see, when I was five or six years old, growing up in Georgia in the late 60’s and early 70’s, [...]
Not wrong in the sense that their GPS maps are off (though they vary slightly based on location). Wrong in the sense that, when you reach your destination, the lady’s voice says, “You have arrived.” (Watch below; you’ll see what I mean.) Admittedly, I sort of like hearing this complete stranger tell me I’ve arrived. [...]
