How Does Your Garden Grow?

My husband and I moved to Minnesota just two years after our wedding.  I was anxious to fit into the Minnesota culture, which somehow, in my mind, meant that one of the things my husband and I should do is grow a garden.  Having grown up a city girl in California, I...

The Discipline of Commitment

For many people commitment has become something negative – a four-letter word.  Each day we are faced with decisions and opportunities.  Avoiding commitment is not possible.  Commitment takes discipline.  How can you discipline yourself to commit?...

Swimsuit Therapy

I made my first trip to the pool this week since the baby was born.  Jeff has Mondays off, so we loaded up everyone and headed out for a day of fun in the sun. I am a little overwhelmed by the amount of gear it takes to get four kids and two grown ups...

Single, but I’m not alone and I am loved

I’m going to take a risk and talk about a subject among singles that I would venture to say that most of us don’t really care to admit, much less talk about.  It’s the current reality that we are still single.  There, I said it.  I dared to say...