Becoming your best you
Our daily life is made up of habits and routine, which can greatly help us to accomplish our life’s goals, provided those habits are good ones. Positive habits are a grea... »
Personal Accounts
Shattered!
When my husband went on an extended business trip for nearly three months, I found out what challenges single parents face. It was a big adjustment to have to keep up wit... »
Overcoming fears
Like life itself, the Bible is full of triumphs that could just as easily have ended in disaster. If the heroes in those stories had turned and run the other way, who cou... »
You’re beautiful
Something precious happened at Sunday school today. After teaching my class of younger children, I went to host the Q&A session with the older children. Today, there... »
Loving-kindness is twice blessed
The weather had been dark and rainy, and I felt just as gloomy. It happens to us all, I guess. As I sat at my desk, I remembered it was the birthday of a longtime friend—... »
My friend’s secret
Some say that happiness is what we make it. The more time I spend with a certain friend, the more I’m convinced that’s true. Several years ago, he was a successful busine... »
Finding perfection
I remember, as a very little girl, looking out across the field behind our home at what appeared to be the perfect tree. I could hardly contain my excitement as I ran to... »
Contentment
“Having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.”[[1 Timothy 6:8]] Those words went through my mind as I washed the breakfast dishes. Was that even possible? Co... »
5 ways to relax
Every morning, I wake up and board an express train leaving from fast-track station. As I speed along life’s rails, I stare out the window and think. Where has the time g... »
Joy in this mess
Yesterday I surrounded my table with friends, and we served a dinner my husband took hours to create. It was a wonderful evening. Also yesterday, headlines read of two se... »
An unexpected opportunity
One late Saturday afternoon, I decided to go shopping at a nearby mall. As part of my daily walking routine, I wanted to see if I could make it there on foot. However, I... »
The pillar that moved
Every once in a while, my husband mentions another move he’s thought of, and I feel my stomach tighten. They say women are “nesters,” and sure enough, for me moving usual... »