After attending a bridal shower on Saturday, I drove home and changed into running clothes fully intending to get out and pound the pavement.

Instead, I climbed into bed and fell asleep.

Four hours later, I woke up.

I needed exercise, but I guess [...]

Years ago we bought a set of “Resurrection Eggs,” twelve plastic eggs filled with small symbols representing moments in the Easter story, including a donkey for Palm Sunday, a tiny metal wine goblet and plastic bread for the Last Supper, and a [...]

My nine-year-old son spent most of Wednesday curled up on the couch recovering from a stomach virus while I worked on the computer at my desk a few feet away. At some point, he got up to get a book, and when he returned [...]

We home educate, which allows considerable flexibility in our schedules throughout the week. But we supplement with once-a-week classes in a cooperative effort involving multiple families. The parents share the teaching, and I offered to teach high school writing.

This means, of course, that [...]