“Boy, this place can go from 0 to 60 in 5. Seconds, that is, which is as long as it takes for the bottom three to hop out of bed

Standing there in the light of the tree, I open it up. Little, my helper, leans forward, eager to see. I lift the protective covering, and there they are, the

Well, that was an interesting week.  While the rest of you were going about your daily lives, trotting to work, riding shotgun on the kids and paying your bills, this

The scales of justice are out of whack. Wildly so, if you ask me. Why is it that when the demands of life are at their peak, your energy’s gone?

And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree (okay, an invitation) from Mrs. Schrock that all the world—wait. That certain members of the Tribe

“The patient is an FBI agent investigating terrorism.” That’s what the doctor said as I sped along, typing a referral letter. Wait. FBI agent? Investigating terrorism? Well, rats. Here I

It was impossible to miss. Unless, of course, you were a burlap-clad Sherpa living on a mountain somewhere in Eastern Nepal. In which case, I’m jealous. For the rest of

God is in control. In changing times, in shifting political fortunes, it is this rock on which I plant my feet. There is much that concerns me in the aftermath

I never saw it coming. Not as a girl growing up on the Kansas plains. Not as a bride relocating to the North. Not as the young mother of a

That was quick. For four years, you waited with bated breath as weeks and months crept by. You had birthday, birthday, birthday and, well, birthday, and then it was time.