Stolen Moments

January is named after the Roman god Janus, the god of new beginnings. He had two faces, one on the front of his head and one on the back. T...

I have a friend who is obsessed with joy. The word is even painted on her kitchen wall. This busy mother of four young boys doesn’t have ...

Rationing was a part of every day life growing up in a family with eight children. Clothes, food, free-time, hot water for showers -- most c...

My daughter jumped in the car one day last fall and declared with a troubled voice, “Mom, all the kids in my class say Pooh is for babies.” ...

This summer, we packed our three kids into a mini-van and ventured out on our first “real” family vacation. Our agenda may have been a bit a...

If you spend anything more than, oh, 30 seconds listening to a presidential debate, you will most certainly hear a candidate making bold pro...

I have a shelf in my bedroom of dusty books like the “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” and “A Purpose Driven Life” -- all of them ba...