As I approach this month of writing I’m brought back to years ago when our first son, Noah, took his first steps.  As I recall the event my heart swells with love for the little guy as he stood, struggled to stand firm with his tiny little feet.  The difficulty of...

The ladies who started The Naked Face Project decided not to wear extremely "feminine" clothes during the 60 day project. And by that, I don't meant they weren't wearing anything pink or that they were swapping out their skirts for bow ties. For these ladies, the...

In October 2009 we welcomed our son, Luke, into the world. He was born with Spina Bifida, hydrocephalous, chiari malformation, and a large Syrnix. When we first found out about the addition of our new baby boy we did some extensive review of names and researched each...

I'm going to try to make this the short version of the story,...

Yesterday I shared a bit about fighting for your marriage, instead of fighting in it. I also mentioned that the Women's Bible Study I attend had a special guest a few weeks ago. Our lesson that week was about the power of covenant, and our guest, who has been married...

  March...

Annie Beth recently asked me if I might be willing to respond to the concern of a mother who'd written in to a Spina Bifida Support Group. She and her husband were "fighting all the time" and having a hard time dealing with a new diagnosis in addition to her...

Peter, my son who has autism, has taught me a lot about being happy. He is happy almost all the time. He is happy when he goes to the store. He is up and dancing whenever there's any music. He laughs at almost everything. He simply feels good and enjoys himself. Too...

"The touch, the feel of cotton.....the faaaaabric of our lives." So goes an old cotton commercial. The idea here is that we are all united by our common use of cotton in multiple areas of life. My cotton may have come from Wal-Mart, yours may be Land's End Pima, but...