I got no resolutions. But man do I have a full heart. I will not bore you with a laundry list of things I'm grateful for; let me just...

A robust, white man with white hair in his mid-70s. The last thing I expected was for him to give the most common sense, bilingual and ecume

Today's strawberry festival was a fail. Forget the girl math that convinced me the entrance fee(×5) was "worth it." My children were...

I started reading a book and I think I'm going to like it. Here's my invitation to read along with me. It's a book that, very close to...

I got the chance to grow up in this country because my parents wanted to get away from political and economic persecution and ensure I...

The first time I saw a real gun it was nested in a beautiful wooden box held out for me to see by a retired CIA agent who at the time was in his late 60s. He was my father's boss, later mentor, and now friend. My dad gave him a sideways look and asked him to put it away before I really had time to realize what was happening; I was around 9 years old. Between this experience and my next experience, my high school sweetheart would call me from Virgina Tech to let me know he was

A few weeks ago I wrote about an idea I had. During a particularly hard day in a tough week, I decided I would do an interview series showcasing some amazing women in my life. You can read more about what led to the idea in that post, and I know I took a little longer than a couple weeks, but, without further ado... Let me tell you how I met Liz and let you hear a little from her directly on confidence, struggle and community. God, the universe, serendipity, whatever force gr

Often, our car rides start and end with a genre battle (our son against me) between EDM and my Random playlist on Spotify. Neither of us...

My day did not go as planned. I'm a checklist girl and around 3pm I took a look at my list and knew I had two choices. Check nothing off...