My husband and I stopped courting a long time ago. With three kids, two still in their elementary years, romance is an afterthought. We are lucky to have a date…

My nine-year-old son wriggled in anticipation while I carefully unfolded the piece of paper he had meticulously prepared as a gift for me. His eyes were huge with nervous excitement…

My defenses were already up as I entered the meeting. It had been a week of contention and blaming around the office, and I felt like I could do nothing…

I woke up excited and full of energy. I had a whole list of things to do for the ministry and had just been reinvigorated by the Holy Spirit. But…

Six months into the new role, I realized I had made a grave mistake. It was the same mistake that had plagued much of my thirty-eight-year existence on earth. I…

“I need someone to color this calendar,” I inquired to two rowdy boys that did not appear to be paying any attention to me.I was four days into homeschooling them…

A bad feeling arose as the IM came through from my employee. Can you chat for a minute, was all it said, but I somehow knew something was amiss. It was…

“Goals need to be in the new HR system by early next week,” my boss announced in our weekly leadership meeting.  Sheesh, I thought in my head while starting to…

“It was Micah’s responsibility,” the lead project manager stated sharply on the meeting call as if I was not there. “She should have sent the report over to that team,…