For as long as parents have been trying to teach children how to behave, make desirable choices, and become good adults, they have been...
This past summer, we traveled to Washington D.C. for a wedding and a week full of wonderful adventures. It was a beautiful ceremony, and...
I am probably the most inconsistent person when it comes to sticking to a routine.
I will admit that routines are life for our family....
On the top shelf of my oldest child’s closet is a baby book. It's filled with details about every medical appointment in her first...
To all parents with babies who aren't quite babies anymore:
Let me try and explain. Have you looked at your kids lately? I mean, really looked.
Is there...
...through all those experiences, you have learned something again: love will help you do what is difficult.
Lizann Lightfoot is the author of Open When:...
To the man who yelled at me during school drop off:
I want you to know that you got the best of me. I yelled...
I remember the day like it was yesterday: we were stationed in Italy, my husband was working another 16-hour day, and I was running...
Have you heard the phrase “You don’t stop dancing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop dancing”?
It's funny how when you...
I have always wanted to be a doctor. I've known it for nearly my entire life, outside of a few childhood dreams that were...
Before I became a mom and experienced it for myself, I thought parents needed to suck it up a little bit if their kid...
Recently, I saw a call for help on the women's Facebook page for my church: "Any breastfeeding experts?" A woman had shown up at...
Military Lifestyle
The Navy Has Taken, But It Has Also Given
Recently my husband and I were chatting, and he jokingly said, “The two things the Navy has taken from me are my singing voice...
