Between December 21st and January 3rd, we hosted up to 31 members of our extended family, including 6 young children between the ages of...

Why is it when life is rolling along “smoothly” we often fail to notice what matters most? Then, some type of crisis befalls us – a...

In today’s world of instant messaging, texting, email, and social media, have we lost the art of having honest-to-goodness, face-to-face...

Buy less stuff - Make more memories. Are you making a list and checking it twice? I am too… but this year it is a list of memory-making activities and not a list of gifts to purchase, wrap, and pay for in January. Do stuff instead of buying stuff. This is the second Christmas season that our family has gone “stuff-less.” The first time was back in 2010 – before grandchildren – when we took all our kids and their spouses to a cabin in the Smoky Mountains. See the photo above

“… one is silver and the other’s gold” – are lines from a song I learned long ago as a Girl Scout. Good advice, especially when attending...