It always seemed like such a project to put the hose away after I had finished watering in the yard. This was a task that offered no...

It’s no secret: I didn’t want him in the first place. Maybe that’s not really fair to say; the truth is that I wasn’t confident that I...

Bright butter and lavender together blended to nearly a muddy brown, nondescript, until I slowed a bit and let my eyes see what was...

The lingering smell of a new coat of blacktop added an offputting layer to the earthy freshness of the morning prairie path before me....

Though not exactly a historical scholar, I have always been drawn to things of the past. Four or five thrift and vintage stores are now...

How could a mother do that to her child? Why would a mother do that to her baby? How could it possibly be okay? We delighted in...

But there really aren’t any directions, at least not any reliable ones.  I thought things were better, but then it comes screaming back....

The chickens cross the road for lots of reasons. It was unusually warm for late May. As I stole time in the garden on a Sunday morning,...

“It keeps changing fast, and it don’t last for long.” My mom loved the water. We traveled the country for many summers in our...

Right now, nothing else matters to her. She has put her whole self, every ounce of her energy and every hour of her days and nights into...

Darkness had already fallen when I finally made my way out to close the chicken door on this cold March night. I was almost startled by...

Something happened. Something went wrong, or maybe it didn’t. Words that interrupted my idle thoughts as I stood at the kitchen sink, ...

Here is what I hope you will know: it is different. Raising babies that I have birthed is not the same as raising children not born to...

Four new baby chicks will be coming to the farm this spring. By the end of the summer, these new girls should be laying eggs alongside...

Sometimes, I really don’t know which way to look. When Aaron was a baby, he had medical issues that affected everything he did. We...

I was a three year old ballerina. My sister, at five, could steal any show. She danced with confidence and grace. I did not inherit...

As it turned out, they couldn’t fix the windshield that day. They did not have the right parts. My friend came for a visit yesterday. ...

This Christmas season, there has been so much good. As I stare at the beautiful plate of sugary goodness: peppermint bark, frosted...

The lagoon has always been one of my favorite spots.  I have been to breathtaking European gardens and tropical sandy beaches, but...

My own words played incessantly in my head: so many years, so many services and specialists, twenty medications, and no answers. I...