Are you talking at each other or with each other?

Living a life of contentment these days is almost impossible to do.  It seems like life is getting busier. There is little time to catch our breath or even breath.  The pressure of making a living, dealing with demands, handling complex situations, following up on details, and relating to one another in a civil way […]

Imagination happens best in the dark!

A few weeks ago, I was a guest teacher at an elementary school in my area.  I was asked to talk about the many careers that were required to put a book in the school library.  The school leaders knew I was the creator of And y Ant and the mastermind behind the Adventures of […]

Five back to school tips for parents

I’m here with five tips for life in all its beautiful feelings when you say goodbye to those kids, whether it be to kindergarten or the third year of college. A larger perspective spreads out before you at the end. Whether those kids are going on a bus, driving themselves to high school, or headed […]

Teaching Children About God – What Works Best

“These words that I am commanding you today must prove to be on your heart; and you must inculcate them in your son and speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road and when you lie down and when you get up.”​—DEUTERONOMY 6:6, 7. PARENTS may at […]

The Four-wheel Drive Adventure

About two hours from my house there are some really big mountains.  Every summer Dad and his friends like to spend a day in the mountains driving the old four-wheel jeep roads.  Mom has said for years I was too young to go.  But this year Dad said it was time for me to experience […]