New Mommy Madness

by | Feb 14, 2013 | Life Issues

My oldest son is 20 years old, and it’s been a long time since I’ve had a baby in the house. As I was organizing some books the other day, a single journal entry fluttered out of a notebook and caught my attention. I looked at the date: April 1993. Then I started...

Did Mama Tell You About Sex?

by | Feb 14, 2013 | Relationships

I posed a question to a friend, asking what was the best advise her mother ever gave her. She fumbled and struggled to find the words. I hadn’t meant to ask a loaded question. I was just curious of what other mothers had offered up and wondered if I had given similar...

Why I Will Not Miss the BTG Free to Fly Conference

by | Feb 14, 2013 | Trends

I’ve been attending the spring Bridging the Gap “Free to Be” women’s conferences for nine consecutive years (excluding the year I missed because my daughter was a week old). My girlfriends and I drive down from our hometown “up north,” sleep in a hotel room...

Comforted

by | Feb 11, 2013 | Relationships

It’s Wednesday morning. I’ve just finished getting my kids up and ready for the day when I get the phone call. “Honey, I have some news,” I hear my mom’s voice on the line. “Uncle Jimmy had a heart attack last night, he’s gone.” What? I think. How? What happened? I’m...

No Restaurants in Capernaum

by | Feb 11, 2013 | Just Laughs

Do you think the Bible is funny? I do. Well, not all of it, of course, but don’t tell me that God doesn’t have a sense of humor. His humor is not only displayed in his handiwork (have you ever seen an aardvark?) but also in his Word. And some days when I’m reading my...