Game Plan
One of the reasons I enjoy being a writer is it affords the opportunity to step into a variety of roles and speak from different...
Getting Stuff Done
It’s been so long here in Southwest Michigan since we’ve seen the bright yellow ball that suspends in the sky, I almost forgot what the...
The One Thing Your Spouse Cannot Do
It had been a long week and I was tired from all the work involved with holiday preparations. In my youthful naivete I used to think...
Built in Friend
One of my earliest childhood recollections is the comforting feeling of climbing into my canopy bed. I’d slide under the white eyelet...
Listen up
Did you know that 90 percent of marriage is spent calling out, “Whaaaat” from the other room? (Did you also know you can’t believe...
Foul Ball!
Ask anyone in my family a fun fact about me and they would say, “Kristen thinks sporting events are really social events that just...
The Swimming Suit
I looked out the plane window in awe at the most spectacular colors of blue that the ocean had to offer. Kristen and I were headed to a...
Working Out!
I rolled out of bed and staggered to the bathroom to get the day started. Every square inch of my body hurt – or so it seemed. What had...
Fixer-Upper
The fighting got more intense and began happening more frequently than ever before. The yelling, arguing, cursing, finger-pointing and...