August Rush

I hesitate to name my favorite book, my favorite musician or my favorite movie. Mainly because I don’t have one favorite. How can a person pick one favorite when that person is multi-dimensional, dynamic and ever-changing? It would be like bearing children and picking one as your favorite. There’s no way.
In my case, I don’t [...]

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Enslaved no more

When those who are rescued from various forms of slavery around the world, it’s hard to believe they would ever want to go back to that life. Ever. Yet, one of the ministries I highly respect (www.ijm.org) has a program specifically for aftercare. They are not the only ministry that does this. Many of the [...]

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Serenity

I am at peace. Whenever I am at the lake, I find serenity.
When my husband was first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and we were scared to death that the diagnosis would ruin our lives, I found peace at the water’s edge. When my dad was in the hospital all last summer, our family still [...]

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Kung Fu Lessons

My second time at Kung Fu Panda, I actually took notes. To those who know me, this will not seem unusual. I take notes at my kids’ field trips to the Indianapolis Rowing Center and the Newport Aquarium. I take notes in meetings and at church. But at a movie aimed for children?
Yes, indeed. The [...]

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Slumber Party with the Fam

My friend Misty fell in love with a man who lives in California. That man fell in love with Misty, who lives in Indiana. Misty and her California man, Steve, got married. Now they live part-time in California, where Steve works, and part-time in Indiana where Misty is able to parent her boys and be [...]

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MVP Grand Opening

For two hours I was banned from the basement. Fine with me. While my boys busied themselves with something top-secret, I had the luxury of sitting on the dock to read and take a catnap. When I was invited to the basement, I was given a menu with several drinks and snacks listed.
“Welcome to MVP,” [...]

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Married Half a Century

Fifty years ago my parents made their vows to one another for “better or worse, richer/poorer, sickness/health… til death do us part.” My two older brothers and our respective families are celebrating in Chicago, my mom and dad’s hometown. We’ve had tours of old stomping grounds, fireworks with 5 billion other people overlooking Lake Michigan, [...]

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