Live With Flair

Today we remember what it means to love well.  With every person we encounter, we ask God to help us, like Scripture describes in 1

 We take to the hills; it’s a sunny day with just enough snow to sled. Give a child even a little snow, and they figure

On two separate afternoons, I watch my youngest bundle up and go outside to play in the snow alone. Later, I find that she’s examining

A week ago, the world was different for all of us. This morning, I wake up deeply saddened again. I run my hand along my

Today, I volunteer at the 5th grade Colonial Crafts and Tea Party. In between helping children select a tea bag and examining the handmade candles,

Today I realize how thankful I am that I earned a C+ in a Psycho-biology class at the University of Virginia in 1993. I wanted

Right around 4:00 PM, I get the worst tension headache. I’m thinking about too much. So at 4:01, I stumble into the bathtub and turn

Every time I look at my 7 year old, I feel my throat tighten and my eyes fill up. Yesterday, it was when I felt

I’m reading Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, and I love his advice about writing. He writes this: “Ask yourself in the stillest hour

All night, I woke up imagining the shooting in that kindergarten classroom. I woke up imagining the parents hearing the news at the firehouse that