I walked into a Christian bookstore today, and instantly developed a nauseous feeling in the pit of my stomach. I suppose it was partly because I worked at that same bookstore many years ago, and have such unpleasant memories of my time there. That was my first...

It’s good to know that the terrible twos won’t last forever. It’s good to know that my husband loves me. It’s good to know that there are still lots of countries and cities left for me to explore. It’s good to know that I have a warm bed to climb into at night. It’s...

My beach bum baby. She's almost 3 now and sometimes I have to remind myself that she was cute and innocent once, and didn't talk back or call her Daddy a "butthead"!

1. We had Nikki’s party this weekend – almost a month early since I’ll be gone next month. Five preteen girls in a hotel room – what fun! Pillow fights, water slides, pizza, late night giggling, secrets – everything an almost 9 year old could want in a party. 2. Our...

I love it when you pull it off - when you know without a shadow of a doubt that you have pleased your child. Not just a shallow pleasure, like when you tell them they can have ice cream for dessert. I mean a deep down gut pleasure that shines from their face and...

It’s interesting going to a 12 step program. Every week, a group of people (20 – 30) will sit and talk about themselves and their relationships with the “gods of their understanding” and none of them will name their gods. We all come to the table with different...

1. One summer, I spent my weekends dressed as a panda at a photo booth at the zoo. Children (and the occasional gay couple) got their pictures taken sitting on my lap. 2. I once got bucked off a horse during a relay race in a rodeo at a camp where I was working as a...

All this talk of Sponge Bob and the fundamentals makes the subversive in me want to go out and buy a whole slew of Sponge Bob products for my kids. They already have socks and toys, now they’re going to have t-shirts, underwear, sheets and pillow cases – all with the...

Just had one of those moments… reading an article in the Western Producer about BSE and how it affects cows… I think “I’m gonna ask Dad if he’s ever had a cow he thought might have had BSE” and then my mind goes numb as I remember that he’s no longer here and I can’t...

Marcel - wasn't he a cute baby? (I figured out how to load pictures, and since I don't have too many saved on my computer, I put this one up for fun!)