I get a kick out of bumper stickers. Sometimes if I see a car ahead of me with an intriguing bumper sticker, I’ll drive just a little faster in order to catch up and see what it says. I’ve threatened my children with putting a “STUDENT DRIVER” {read more}

One morning, while walking my dog, I noticed another, larger dog just a few yards away from us. This dog was not on a leash, and I immediately thought, “Oh no. Here comes trouble.” I crossed the street to the other side to avoid a possible confrontation {read more}

I don’t know about you, but I almost hate to turn on the news these days–and I’m a news junkie! Everything we seem to hear today is just plain depressing. The economy is tanking. People are losing their homes. Unemployment is rampant. War {read more}

Middle school is tough for anybody, but especially, it seems, for girls. When my middle daughter was in seventh grade, she went through a time of serious unhappiness. Nothing seemed to be right at school, and she would often cry–either on the {read more}