Why not give a child what they really want for Christmas?…a forever family, a forever home. h/t to Books and Bairns Read more

Trust your children, but don’t tempt them beyond their power to resist. -the Mom’s Mom (she’s pretty brilliant sometimes) I love you, Mom, you were right about this and everything else. (I hate to admit it, but it’s true.) Read more

Have you ever tried to take a Christmas photo of your own five children? There are reasons that there are professional photographers, and many reasons that I am not one of them. I take pretty nice photos, the candid and artistic kind, but I can’t get all five of my children to look at me and show something approximating a smile all at the same time. I know because I’ve tried. I’ve tried on many occasions at all times of... Read more

2.5 miles, easy peasy. Read more

I spend almost every Saturday with a dear friend’s father who suffers from severe dementia. He can’t recall his children’s names or that he has grandchildren. He forgets the layout of his own house and sometimes forgets his own name. What is surprising is what he does remember. He remembers that he loves his wife. He doesn’t always know her name or how they met. He has no pictures in his mind of their wedding or the years they spent... Read more

Warning** Wrap your head in duct tape for this. You’ll want the pieces later. A few years ago, Planned Parenthood introduced its “Choice on Earth” holiday cards. Tasteless and wildly inappropriate though they were, they were relatively harmless. Greeting cards are not going to change the mind of anyone on the life/abortion debate. It bothers no one if radical feminazis want to send themselves cards and congratulate each other on their cleverness in subverting a Christian holiday. That was then.... Read more

Now go eat some turkey! Read more

49. Personalized ringtones on the cell phone so I can decide if I want to talk to you without even having to look.48. Calculators47. Aloe vera plants. Are you eating one yet?46. The end of this season’s “Dancing With the Stars”.45. Coconut Cream Pie.44. Cheap gas. (It’s all relative, I know, but it seems cheap today.)43. My moms. The real one, the volunteer, and the in-law. They’re great women.42. Not having to make Thanksgiving dinner myself.41. My children’s friends. They’re... Read more

6 miles on the bike. 8 laps in the pool. woo hoo Read more

Spit milk out of your nose funny, but with bad language. No complaining, you’ve been warned. Read more