It's the number of testing in the Bible. 40 years of wandering in the dessert. 40 days of fasting. 40 days and nights of rain. 40 isn't the number you want assigned to you. Yet...here I am. I'm 40. All in all, turning 40 has been pleasa… more »

I'm a NO mom. When my kids come to me with a question and I am too involved in what I'm doing to really answer, my go to answer is "no." Now, lest you think I'm selfish and I should drop what I'm doing and give my children the time they need,… more »

Coming to the end of a cup and finding coffee grounds...don't keep drinking. much like coming to the end of a conversation and finding nothing but opinion at the bottom...don't keep talking. more »

Dear God, As I stared into the eyes of my sweet Ivan this morning I felt such frustration. I wasn't angry with him, I wasn't threatening him, I was just bewildered and I wanted to shake the thoughts out of him like a pepper shaker. My questions wer… more »

There was a silence that left my stomach in a bit of a knot after hearing those words come out of my four year old yesterday. I recognize and appeal to you his very "four-year-old-ness" and exempt him from a life destined for sin and shame. I know… more »