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March 2013

March 25, 2013

She Did It! Driver’s License Success!

My daughter passed her driver's license, and I survived the trauma of teaching her to...

March 23, 2013

Why Am I a… Jesus Follower?

Grace Biskie explains why she is a Jesus Follower.

March 21, 2013

How Facebook almost Broke Really Bad News: Technology’s Unintended Side-Effects

Pop died while my husband and I were out of town. How to tell the...

March 19, 2013

Still Mourning: Be Gentle

Dad died, but life goes on with no way to show the world the loss...

March 16, 2013

The Sibling Battle

I find that my kids respond to one another in similar ways that I respond...

March 11, 2013

Remembering my Father-in-Law

My father-in-law died Thursday, a couple weeks after I told him I loved him the...

March 09, 2013

Home

Home has always been a struggle for me. When I was young it was plain...

March 06, 2013

Does God Care What College You Attend?

The “Does God have one college for me?” question’s remarkably similar to the “Is there...

March 04, 2013

Unbalanced

Tonight I started on my 2012 taxes. You might think I’m so responsible—after all I’m...

March 02, 2013

Bare

The problem with being bare, is of course, that bare skin, bare wounds, bare feet...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Confessions of a Tiger Mom Failure

Several weeks ago, Ling and I attended our first college application orientation at her high...

February 25, 2013

How LL Bean Boots Mirror my Marriage

For his first official Christmas present, my soon-to-be fiancé gave me LL Bean snow boots. ...

February 18, 2013

Should I go to Saudi Arabia?

In April, my husband has the chance to get an all-expense paid trip to Riyadh,...

February 15, 2013

What I’ll Never Write About (But Sure Wish I Could)

I’m 3 months and 14 days away from mothering 3 official teenagers. Scary. In 3...

January 2013

January 10, 2013

Anger, Laughter and Grace with Smushed Spanakopita

I’m 6 months away from having 3 teenagers, and boy do I feel it. Recently,...

January 03, 2013

New Years Resolutions–Don’t Eat these Ginger Molasses Cookies

Happy New Year Everyone!For those of you who read this blog regularly, you'll see I've...

December 2012

December 06, 2012

Good News or Bad News?

Instagram by Lisa Calderon60 days after my last period and the day after I’d taken...

November 2012

November 06, 2012

Dealing with Disappointment

Sometime in the very near future, half our country’s going to feel disappointment. You may...

October 2012

October 17, 2012

Making “Special” Time

Back when Kai-Kai was born, my pediatrician told me I needed to have “special time” with...

October 11, 2012

What Top 5 Attributes Do You Want to Pass On?

Tonight Kai came home with a homework assignment and said I had to help. “I’ve...

October 04, 2012

Can You Take the Heat?

Before they married, Mama told Baba she wanted to raise her children as Christians. He...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Sex and Superglue: Talking with Kids in a Hook-Up Culture

I was a virgin when I got married at the ripe old age (back then)...

September 24, 2012

Fitbit How I Love Thee!

“You’re going to love this!!” Scott crowed when he got home, “This is going to...

September 19, 2012

Abandoning My Kids for Paris

The Eiffel Tower on 9/9 as I stood under it!Last week I did one of...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

Why I Fail at Vacations

For the last five years or so, I’ve completely failed at vacationing. I get grumpy...

August 07, 2012

Wedded Bliss. . . And Misses. 19 Years and Counting

19 years ago today, Scott and I promised one another to love, honor, and cherish...

July 2012

July 24, 2012

Why Photo Albums Almost Killed Me This Week

Today I’m incredibly sleep deprived because I’ve spent about 70 hours over the past 5...

July 12, 2012

The “Awe-ful” Weight of Responsibility

I have a new recurring nightmare. I’m supposed to teach some large gathering and I’ve...

July 05, 2012

Why We Need Women (and Others) in Leadership

This is the second of a series of reflections I’m writing based on Ann Marie...

July 03, 2012

The Problem with Having it All

This is the first of a series of reflections I’m writing based on Ann Marie...

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