My kids grew up on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, pretty much every day of their lives between the ages of two and twelve, and maybe longer. Their father before them ate peanut butter and brown sugar sandwiches. And not just a little brown sugar sprinkled on top of the peanut butter. Oh no. It […]

Where do we get this notion that being organized is next to godliness? I’m pretty sure we get it from magazines and ads in those magazines. And though they really may be great magazines full of super recipes and ideas that inspire us, they can also set us up to start laying guilt trips on […]

Here’s a great question: Why should parents give kids a break from school/chores when Mom and Dad continue to work 24/7/365?
First of all, because they are kids. They are not yet mature enough or strong enough to be working like adults. So, we consider their frame, and we don’t bury them in year-round studies. Solomon […]

One of the vulnerable times for marriage seems to be after twenty-five years or so, just when things ought to be getting really good. And it can surprise everyone that anything could go wrong. But lots of things do go wrong right smack in the middle of what has appeared to be a solid marriage […]

Don’t feel too sorry for us. The forecast is for sunshine and the seventies Friday and Saturday. But don’t blame us if we don’t believe it!

Even though the sun has not yet presented its summertime face to us here in the Great White North, we have been bravely acting as though we hadn’t really noticed, pretending that June is supposed to behave like March. But I have to say we have now been beat. It is snowing as I […]