Walking into a room where you know no one. Walking through week thirteen of no employment. Watching the stripe on the pregnancy test turn pink. Watching the number on the scale remain the same, even though you're diligently trying to make it decrease. Waiting for the...

Let me just put this out there: I love to win. I always have, and I imagine I always will. Ask my family. They'll tell you I can be just a bit competitive. My son, just the other day, called me out on my competitiveness at his girlfriend's volleyball game. He was...

Not long ago I received coupons in the mail from a local department store. And they were great coupons... $50 off a $50 clothing purchase, and $35 off a $35 accessory purchase. Hello?? That's $85 of good stuff FREE!  I am all about FREE! You can bet I took advantage...

As a young child, there was no place like it. No place I felt more secure. No matter if I had a tough day, or a broken heart, or just needed reassurance everything was going to be okay in my juvenile life, it was the place I would go. And I could stay as long as I...

I saw it at the mission where I once served, visible in all forms through the homeless and the hurting. I see it in young children in the grocery store, vying for their preoccupied parents' attention. I've witnessed it among adult circles, teenage cliques, and at the...

I remember the first time I saw Princess Diana on t.v. Goodness, she was beautiful. The image of her walking down the aisle in that lovely, exquisite wedding gown is still impressed upon my memory. I dreamt of such a beautiful wedding at my young age. What was I,...