The craziest things can happen when you have an undying affection for books. But, let me back up. I’m sure that affection grew from the stories poured into my ears […]

“Oh, I love that series,” exclaims my 17-year-old son, when I mention my writing about it. “I could read those books over and over and over again.” If you knew […]

It’s a good thing there are children in our lives—not just to round out our families or the human race either. It’s a good thing because, without children, adults would […]

As I write, the temperatures in Virginia rival the bitter winters of the far north. My children and I just finished reading a book about a hero of those brutal, […]

The opening line of the classic, Little Women, is famous: “’Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,’ grumbled Jo.” But, of course, Mother did not let them down and presents […]