“Good morning. How are you?” A hiker with official-looking hiking poles greets me as I pass. “Good, thanks. How are you?” I return the greeting, wondering if he can tell this is my first time hiking this trail. He’s just completed his trek as I set off on mine. I glance at the wooden display…
“I love her shoes,” I whispered to my husband. We were enjoying a rare kid-free lunch date, and the woman at the table next to us was dressed to impress. “Well, tell her!” he said. “Yeah, right.” I rolled my eyes. As if I could ever just say something like that to a stranger. I…
I got an email the other day from a reader friend who wondered when all the books in my current romance series would be out. She said she only started a series when she could read through all its volumes without having to wait for the next one to be available. Since right now I’m…
I jumped off the boat into the Caribbean Sea, only to discover that despite my excitement to be snorkeling, the act of breathing normally while underwater immediately triggered an anxiety attack. I scrambled back onto the boat, pulling off my gear on the way. The boat captain, Ron, calmed me down enough that I could…
I have an amazing husband whom I love very much. He truly loves our family well, and I am grateful for him. But he’s also human. One of my less-than-favorite things is when he tells me he didn’t have time to do something I asked him to do. I often ask, “Did you really not…
It was Tuesday night, and as usual, a handful of mamas sat in one of the cozy side rooms at church. We were ready to talk about parenting, breastfeeding, weekly dinner menus, diets, marriage, and whatever else came to mind. We had maybe or maybe not read the assigned chapter for the night’s discussion, and…