I recently had the privilege of baptizing a little girl during a Sunday morning church service. According to her overjoyed mama, her excitement had been building for days and included a countdown to the event on the home front. The special morning arrived and she could hardly contain her joy as she bounded into church…
I’m a mother to four (now grown, thanks be to God) children! I remember the countless days of trying to get parenting right. The burden of feeling like I was doing or saying things that were going to “mess up” my kids. The numerous nights I put my head on the pillow unsure of how…
My foot was turning purple. I looked around the room. The other participants were wincing and squirming as much as I was. All of us volunteered to come to this emergency response class but judging by the distraught looks and vehement moans coming from everyone in the room, I was fairly certain folks were secretly…
As a writer, I value white space – those wonderful areas on the page that are free of type and give room for the eyes to easily read the author’s words in an orderly fashion. Without this precious space, the page would be chaotic, jumbled, and overwhelming. White space isn’t just limited to authors, though. …
I have never really sat down to dig into my family tree. Just thinking of the word “genealogy” tends to make my head hurt. But, over the last several years, my brother has developed a keen interest in our heritage and has uncovered some insightful things. For me, his discovery of our Irish and English…
Being raised in Upper Michigan, I had frequent access to the Mackinac Bridge. At five miles long, this steel suspension behemoth connects the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan. Prior to 1957 when the bridge was completed, folks would pay the price of a ferry ticket and spend a couple hours of their precious time…
