blended families

Why the Joyful Season Leaves Us So Blue

I had nothing to be blue about this season. Not really. True, only two of our five children could come home because the other three were

After surviving job layoffs, cancer, real estate snafus, and getting four kids through college, my husband and I started making plans for our

McDuff, my Cairn terrier, looks more like a pot-bellied pig every day. His swollen abdomen is low-slung and his short legs bow out at the

The night before my niece Lizzie's wedding, we attended a rehearsal dinner unlike any other I've ever experienced. For one thing, it was in a bowling