A dear dear friend just let me know that her son died this morning. He had been fighting cancer for years, and today lost that battle. To my knowledge, Jeremy was 25 years old.
That’s too young to die.
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If you’re the praying type, could you remember my friend for a while? [...]

Hulloooooooo, Internets! Have you missed me? I’ve missed you! The last week and a half have been a bit all-consuming, but I’m getting caught up now and hope to get back to my regularly scheduled activities soon.
So. I asked you about how well your kiddos get along with [...]

One of the benefits of having kids is being able to tease them. Come on…you know you love it too! An old standby for Hubby and I is the “What’s for Dinner” conversation. It goes something like:
child: What’s for dinner?
parent: Food.
child: What kind of food?
parent: The kind you eat.
child: (sighs) I mean, [...]

Have you ever seen the book called Happiness Is A Warm Puppy by Charles Schultz? I have an old beat-up copy from my childhood that I treasure. I was thinking about that phrase this week and started a list of things that complete it. You know. Just for fun, not deep [...]

I’ve known a beautiful young lady at my church for several years now. Her name is Samantha, but most of us call her Sam for short.
When so many families left the church two summers ago in the split, Sam lost some friends that she adored. I know it was pretty hard on her. [...]