When I was a teen, sometimes I hung out with my dad while he worked in the yard. I remember once when I watched him scatter grass seed...

Have you ever played Upwords? What about Boggle? Bananagrams? All three games involve using letter tiles or cubes to create words. In...

You may have heard the saying, “If I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you.” This quote is attributed to three people: Canadian educator...

Before we were married, my husband-to-be and I took marriage classes through a local church. One of the things I remember them warning us...

While driving home from vacation one year, I laughed at an exit sign that pointed to Stinking Creek Rd. in Tennessee. For the record,...

Gather 'round while we learn a little science about Magicicada, or as we called them during college: Cicadas. Also known as gross,...

Anyone who knows me knows I love jewelry. The more sparkle, the better. My collection is rather embarrassing. Friends and family gave...

It's spring in Ohio, so that means lots of rainy days. And since my mood tends to reflect the weather, a long stretch of rain can send me...

Clumsy. What a quirky little word to describe someone who can't seem to walk through a doorway without whacking herself on the arm;...

Most of us in our work-a-day world know exactly what the word hectic means. Crazy days. Interruptions. Busy-ness. Phones ringing. Too...

It's not surprising to anyone these days that kindness is in short supply in our world. If you haven't been living under a rock these...

I think we all go through phases in our Christian walk-- phases where we feel so close to God in the time we spend reading His word or in...

Chaos in Afghanistan. Covid numbers spiking. Mask mandates. Vaccine mandates. Hurricane Ida. Division in our Congress. In our cities. In...

Finding an idea to blog about can be difficult at times. As a Christian writer, what can I come up with that hasn't been done before?...

"Hello? Is anyone out there?" "Can you hear me?" Sometimes I feel like calling out to the air or across social media platforms: Am I...

"Don't feel guilty about removing toxic people from your life." "Letting go of toxic people is an act of self-care." These Facebook...

For those who don't know me, I'm the secretary of my church. Basically, about 400 people rely on me to receive important information...

The world is a cruel place. People are taking to social media to let their followers know of another person's faults or to ridicule how...

Color. Do we really stop to see the beauty God has provided for us, or are we too involved in our busyness to notice? I looked outside...

Five of us sat at the restaurant lunch table that day-- my parents, my sister, her boyfriend, and me. As we waited for our food, the...