Where do you get your strength from? I recently had someone question me as to why I try to treat people how I would like to be treated...

It’s the phrase that I would say over and over when my kids were little and trying to master something new: “Try again"...

In all honesty, we tend to take them for granted. I am referring to those people in our lives who are there for us…

Twenty years ago almost to the minute, my son Peyton was born. It was a tremendous day packed with excitement, hope, overwhelming love, and a dash of fear…

Time is tricky. We want it to slow down in the wonderful moments…

“Does anyone have any gum?”

A few weeks ago at work, Lauren asked for gum…

As my husband will attest, the quickest way to send me into a house-cleaning tailspin is to say that someone is stopping by…

In golf, it is appropriate to yell "Fore" if someone is in the path of a hit ball. What does God do to get our attention?…

My daughter is taking Geometry. Hearing her talk about homework and tests throughout the school year…

My husband and I both tell the story of how our relationship started when we were in a Crop Science class together at the University of Illinois…

It must have started with a quote from the October 16 entry in Mother Teresa’s book, “Do Something Beautiful for God”…

From this weekend’s Responsorial Psalm 80:20

“O Lord, God of hosts, restore us; if your face shine upon us, then we shall be saved.”

I remember where I was sitting at St. Patrick’s in Dwight and listening to the guest speaker’s talk…

Our birth mom Gina sent my daughter Trinity and I this picture Wednesday morning…

Handstand. Headstand. Shoulder stand? I can easily picture (but not execute) the first two movements…

Synonyms for mercy include leniency, compassion, grace, blessing, favor, and the list goes on…

For the past few summers, we have had our own Animal Planet episode materializing on our front porch…

There are certain risks in my life that I’m not willing to take anymore…

With our first child recently graduating high school, I sought the advice of moms on graduation protocols…

Details. They seem to matter a great deal to a great many people. The details of how you meet someone, the details of a birth, the details of a death, the details of a new job or a new phase of life…