My house is mostly clean....sometimes. We had friends visit a couple of weeks ago, and boy was I excited. They are such great friends that they would not care if every toy was picked up and every toilet scrubbed to glistening sparkle. True friends - you know? Nevertheless, I wanted their visit to be perfect. So I set about cleaning. I have found that regardless of who visits, I do this every ... Read More about Clean House

As military wives, the job our husbands do can be very dangerous. I know the uncertainty and anxiousness of sending them into a combat zone on the other side of the world. It can be a scary time. You know the dangers they will face and sometimes even what the enemy looks like. You know what equipment your husband will carry and who his battle buddies are because they have trained and prepared for ... Read More about Combat

Sitting in a rocking chair on the back porch of the lodge, I watched my children play in the grass and had a cup of coffee with my husband. What could be better? Not much. We spent last week as a family at White Sulphur Springs, the Pennsylvania conference center of the Officers Christian Fellowship (OCF). Having never been there, we did not necessarily know what to expect, and certainly had no ... Read More about Slow Down

Crazy, but when I was growing up the only graduations I experienced were when I graduated from High School and college. Things seem to be a little different these days. I see pictures of kids in caps and gowns as the graduate preschool, kindergarten, elementary school and middle school. Wow. That is a lot of graduation. My first thought was that maybe graduation loses its charm and excitement ... Read More about Graduation