Is your child getting married soon? If so, you may be feeling: Overwhelmed. A bit sensitive. Unusually nostalgic. You're not alone. A wedding is a pretty dramatic event for the entire family---especially for mothers. At least is was for me. When my daughter Caroline walked down the aisle, it was a profound moment for both of [...]
Steve Siniard casually tossed the new Bible his mother gave him aside, not even bothering to open it. As a rebellious fourteen-year-old, he had no interest in God at all. Four years later, when his mother moved him into his dorm room in Tuscaloosa, she placed the Bible on his bookshelf. But he never opened [...]
We call our friend group the “Fab Five.” (Our husbands came up with this name and it stuck.) Maybe your best friends are called the “Chica’s” or the “Yaya’s” or most likely, you have no name at all. Our best friends are the trusted ones who cry with us at funerals, dance beside us at [...]