By Barbara Briggs Ward – Life’s lessons can come in ways we don’t expect them to. They come at any time, even when we think we have it all figured out. And when that figuring out involves a child, lessons and their realities are sometimes hard for us to accept.
By Max Elliot Anderson – As a child, I never liked to read. When I mention this to someone today, I can anticipate the reaction. Their mouth drops open in disbelief, followed by a gasp. “You’re kidding!” often follows. That’s probably because I’ve also written of a number of action-adventures
Beth tells the funny story of her grandson with Mr. Sun and Mr. Moon to illustrate the difference between harmless fairy tales and damaging lies.
By Alex Green – Submitted by Chris Marie Wave – At a party last week, I bumped into a distracted woman wearing a frown. “Hey, don’t hog all the fun,” I said with a wink. She shook her head and gave me a slightly embarrassed smile. “It’s just that when
By Penelope Lemov – They are a two-car family living in a comfortably affluent neighborhood. With her college-sophomore son home for the summer, a friend was sharing her car with him. Though he had been unable to get a regular job, he had cobbled together a coaching business with a
The supermarket offered a plethora of choices, but my eye caught the brown package of cookies on the top shelf. The sight instantly triggered a warm memory into my Nana’s kitchen. Nana rarely purchased “store bought” anything, much less pastries. In her kitchen pre-prepared food was a sacrilege. Meals needed
By Donna Ryan – This time of year with all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season I am sure most people would agree the word present is a common one. Many of us are writing lists and doing everything we can to have a gift and not leave
By Deb DeArmond – Seneca Falls isn’t the only community paying tribute this year to the holiday movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” In recognition of the film’s 65th anniversary, the Los Angeles City Council has designated Saturday as “It’s a Wonderful Life” day. The movie, directed by Frank Capra, starring
By Deb DeArmond – Today is a different kind of day in our house. For the first time in 14 months, I will awaken to a home with an empty guest room. In fact, in the last seven years, there have been only about 14 months when that room was
By Barbara Briggs Ward – Whenever someone learns my father passed away close to Christmas a few years back the reaction is usually the same. Most express their sympathy as to the timing of his passing. Most think since he died three days before Christmas and was buried the morning
By Linda Menesez – My husband and I were out enjoying nature the other morning, and it made me think about how we see life. We came to a spot at a local bird refuge, and there was so much growing in the water that we couldn’t see through it. I
By Linda Menesez – I sit in the middle of such a familiar room, and yet everything feels different. Everything has changed! I’m at my mother’s house, but she hasn’t been here in several months. My stepfather is, also, gone from the home. Both of them are in the same
By Barbara Franzen – Though wanting a large family, God blessed me with one precious child. One child meant one chance to teach those values we cherish. As a young mother, happily going about the task of instilling these, I placed giving and compassion right up there at the top. Granted, I believed
By Jane Dean – What a strange time of year. Summer hasn’t started in The Hague yet vacations are over and families everywhere are preparing to return to school for the Fall semester/ Autumn term. Where has the year gone? For some families there is an even bigger hurdle to
By Deborah Turton – My phone rings, it’s my sister. I have only spoken to her twice in the past 4 years and she does not have good news. She tells me that her doctor’s office called two days ago and she will be in the hospital tomorrow for a
“It’s in the unexpected moments where the best things happen” By Nancie Carmichael – Now it’s summer—blessed, long-awaited lazy-hazy days of summer. But if your life is like mine, life is anything but lazy and hazy. We are busy, we are scheduled. Yet summer should be a time to catch
By Nancie Carmichael – They’re coming! Grandkids, that is. And I can’t wait. Willy. Kendsy. Cali. Hogan. Pearson. Jackson. Cole. Hudson. Wesley. Annabelle. They range in ages from fourteen years to twelve months. While Grand-Kid Camp in the summer is our big get-together, there are other times such as holidays
By Linda Menesez, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. – Mother’s Day is always a challenging time for me. Year after year, I seem to wind up standing in front of the rows of Mother’s Day cards, struggling to find a card that will please my mother, while at the same time not feel
By Nicole Montalvo – I would say that we are very close my mother and I, yet we live very far apart. My mother lives in the Netherlands, where I was born, and I live in Central Oregon. My mother loves to travel and visits often. She educates herself about
By Linda Menesez, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. – I was recently looking at a photo of my stepfather that was taken several years ago, when he was still physically and mentally able to take care of his house and yard. Unfortunately, time has taken away a lot of his abilities. At 89,
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