It is never a good sign when I start off a blog post saying, “I am not a moron.” I’ll admit I’m not a rocket scientist—being related to one...

So, I’m not doing NaNoWriMo this month. For anyone who doesn’t know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. Those who participa...

Driving five teenagers to a weekend youth group event reminded me a little of loading and unloading a clown car. I drive a Toyota Hig...

We leave for our first college visits tomorrow. Well, technically, we visited a college last April during spring break. So I guess I should...

I called my husband on my way home one evening to let him know where I was.  “When will you be home,” he asked. “In about 15 minutes, un...

If you asked me what’s the most difficult part of writing, I wouldn’t say coming up with an idea, translating what’s in my brain onto the p...