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Leaving or Staying. She sat across from me and said these words: “My family knows how to leave, but we don’t know how to stay. This time, I’m staying.” She made a conscious choice to stay instead of running. Although she didn’t really know how to stay, she was bent on learning – and she…
raising kids. Raising kids the hard way is what we did – only I didn’t call it that back then. I just knew that sticking to our guns was often hard. Sometimes it took energy I didn’t know I had, and most times, it felt like we were fighting an uphill battle. A few years…
DIY Color-Coded Calendar for Family Schedules. A DIY Calendar creates order out of havoc. With all the electronic gadgets available to us today, why is it still so hard to keep up with a family’s schedules? One reason is that small children don’t have access to the devices adults use. Since these gadgets need to…
It’s around me Rich blood, even though it’s getting older, flows through our veins. I realized this again a few weeks ago when I visited my childhood home for a few days. My local sisters decided to have a cousin gathering since their siblings from Virginia and Nebraska were both home in Maryland at the…
A dark and snowy night. January 15, 2024. A new snow settles in the Shenandoah Valley. Karla, an EMU student, is sledding with friends on a hill on the EMU campus. She’s an English major and a setter for the varsity volleyball team, nearly at the top of her game. At 9PM, she decides to…
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