I read a blog entry written by a new dad, which focused on conversations he had with a couple of women who asked about his babies and his wife. More >>

More and more, it seems like there is a disconnect in society, a bifurcation of people who are marriage-and-family minded and people who are self-minded. Sex outside of marriage and getting pregnant outside of marriage are nothing new. More >>

I love hearing about your plans as a future mother-in-law. I am the daughter-in-law to a perfectly delightful mother-in-law, and a mother-in-law to one son-in-law. More >>

I had been a divorced mom for 15 years and did everything I could do to be a stay-at-home mom. I started a business so I could work the hours my children were in school... More >>

"The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am; they reveal who I am." More >>

Recently, I had a conversation with my husband about our finances. We are facing another salary cut and I am a bit worried about making ends meet. As we were wrapping things up, I told my husband... More >>

My parenting style has been influenced by several 'jewels' that I have heard or learned over the years. Note that each of these are a principle, not a method. More >>

When my son was going through a divorce, both son and grandson moved in with us. I am 65+ so I thought I was finished with raising children. As my son struggled to come to grips with a failed marriage... More >>

On a frigid New Year's Eve in Minneapolis, a young woman's brutalized body falls from the trunk of a car into the path of oncoming traffic. Questions as to whether she was alive or dead when she hit the icy pavement result in her macabre nickname, Zombie Doe. More >>

"The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am; they reveal who I am." More >>