I have a lot of love for Jesus. Not in a raise my hands in the air and walk the aisle kind of love, but I love Jesus have faith in Him. I’m not going to put any bumper stickers on my car in His name or anything, though. And…
There are some things you don’t get better at with age and one of those things is knowing how to handle death. Even though we might think we know all the right answers by now, Death always has the upper hand. It doesn’t matter how many articles I’ve read on the…
A family that my husband and I know fairly well recently had to make a judgment call that no parent would ever wake up thinking he or she would have to make in a typical day: Is our child in enough danger to herself that we need to immediately take her to…
I encountered many poorly behaved boys and girls, and even worse parents, in my years of education. It is, as they say, an occupational hazard. I do like to think that most people know how to adhere to the very basics of human decency, the first being “treat the elderly with kindness and respect.”…
If you haven’t had a chance to read anything by my friend Bob Mueller yet, you have really missed out on some pure awesomeness. I first met Bob when he joined the Gravity Imprint back in the days of Booktrope. He republished his book The Sad Girl, a book following…
It’s Normal to Worry This Much, Right? Tales From a Chronic Worrier, Guest Post by Beth Schulman I work hard at being a devoted mother, teacher, sister, and friend. But, I often fall short, despite my good intentions. It’s tough balancing all our roles in life. The one role I’ve…
