A BIT ASKEW

About three weeks ago, I was looking at my post-holiday financial state, and I may have freaked out a little... okay, a lot. I consulted...

This morning I was awakened by a little one who had had a bad dream. This is a usual occurrence. Sometimes she needs me to accompany...

Our cat, Lotti, has never experienced snow. She was a springtime barn cat and a summertime house cat. In her kittenhood, she longed for...

I find that I put a lot of faith in my ability to manage my life and my living. I go to sleep at night, fully believing that I am going...

Today is the Feast of Pope Saint John XXIII. He is remembered as the pope who began the process of Vatican II. There are those who look...

There are some in every family. There is the do-er and the pray-er. Now, the do-er prays and the pray-er does, but it is only after the...

As a homeschool family, we have always started our year in the springtime. My experience as a public school student is quite the...

For a number of years now, I have felt that there was some cosmic timeline I am compelled to follow. If I fail to complete a task, then...

My older boys and I have been watching a series together. It is a sci-fi series, and the ethics of time travel were involved. A...

Recently, I have been introduced to the term "Boss Battle." My kids tell me this term denotes the final battle of a multi-level video...

I have had feelings of worthlessness lately. I count all of the things I haven't done instead of the things that I have done. I have...

I have an alarm clock set for 4:05pm. It is a Doctor Who themed clock that makes the TARDIS whoosh sound when it goes off. Every day, I...

My kids have never been what one might call "normal." I suppose that has something to do with the fact that my husband and I have never...

Something has been weighing on my heart recently. It is the message in the book The Giving Tree. In the story, the tree in the backyard...

The upcoming school year is an important time for discernment. As a homeschooler, I find that I am searching for just the right...

G. K. Chesterton once said, "A thing must be loved before it is loveable." I have been sitting with that quote this morning. It reminds...

During Lent I felt called to give up my pride and my pain and let God into my soul to heal me. This week I felt I needed to return to...

When my boys were working at the taekwondo school, they had other responsibilities than teaching. One of them was to make phone calls. ...

There are two things that make my boys' hearts rejoice: filming and taekwondo. Last fall they were asked to make a film about taekwondo...