I was in the store shopping with my daughter last night when my son called my cell. The first words out of his mouth were, “Mom, what do you know about plumbing?” I immediately got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. You know that feeling, the one that precedes...

This is my firstborn, Jennifer. Here she was angry, defiant. She didn’t want to go to bed. I crawled under the table to take this picture of her. I know a lot of moms say this (especially when they are trying to lay guilt trips on their kids), but I almost died giving...

My son Matt was a year old in this picture. He’s standing in my friend Dan’s army boots. This photo was taken several months after I had left my husband and had moved to a new city. Once the shock of my dissolving marriage subsided, the reality of my situation began...

I have two children. Here they are when they were children. They are grown now and have their own lives. This is good and is as it should be. Children need to separate from their parents and find their own way in life. My logical mind agrees but in my heart (where...