Have you ever had one of those days?                                                                   One where you were just done? ...

Wow, that was fast! It seems like just a few months ago that I stood with my young (and much shorter) sons watching, in amazement, as t...

What a difference a year makes.  As a mother of sons, this became apparent in the spring when "long pants" suddenly weren't...

It's a funny thing, rain. All summer, while Illinois had a drought and crops withered in the fields, I prayed for it. When I was littl...