My blog posts

My reason for giving

When Jeff and I were first married, we barely had two cents to rub together. Donating to a charity meant dropping one or two quarters into the Salvation Army kettle at Christmastime. Once the...

The Battle of the Tin Monster

Growing up, I did not want an artificial Christmas tree. Neither did my sisters or my father. My mother did. So, of course, we got a fake tree. This battle was fought in the...

Lessons from a big sister last a lifetime

In the first few hours after I learned that my older sister Mary Kay died, I wondered how I would deal with a life where I couldn’t speak to her again. We lived hundreds...