Book Review: A Column of Fire
In 2007, I was the young mother of a one and four-year-old. I wrote a column for our city paper, and I had just started running long distances to eventually run...
That time Jackson got a high five from Peyton Manning
It was a beautiful day for college football. Jackson and I were on campus to volunteer at the UKirk house (the Presbyterian Campus Ministry where I serve on the...
Book review: The Child Finder
Private investigator Naomi is in a specialized field: she finds lost children. Sometimes they are still alive, and occasionally they are not. What makes her an ...
Book review: Ready Player One
The year isn’t close to being over, but I already know Ready Player One will be on my Top Five Favorite Books I read in 2017. Correction: I listened to it...
BrickUniverse LEGO Convention
When word got out that a LEGO convention was coming to Knoxville, Jeremy insisted we attend. As if there was any doubt! We love LEGOs in this house. It’s ...
Answering your [very personal] questions about homeschooling
When we made the decision to homeschool during the summer of 2011, it came at the tail end of a difficult time. We’d just moved back to Tennessee after a ...