A while back, a friend of mine messaged me on facebook. My one friend says she thinks 7th and 8th is just a rehash of elementary and that it would be fine to just jump to 9th. Would you have the same opinion? - N.S. via facebook I was really taken aback by the question. As in, yelling, … [Read more...] about Why Your Child Needs Middle School
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Taking Time to Heal
I have broken my left wrist twice. That's exceptional, but to a musician, it's notable. I vividly recall the second time I broke it. For a preteen who took piano and violin seriously (and whose parents took it very seriously), it was a major event. I recall my doctor giving very specific directions … [Read more...] about Taking Time to Heal
Letter from Author Mary DeMuth
I'm one of author Mary DeMuth's newest fans. I have long known she authored several works of fiction, our paths had crossed on social media, and I had found she lives just across the [now-dry] lake from me. But I never really, truly got to know her until about five months ago. During a painful … [Read more...] about Letter from Author Mary DeMuth
Interview with the Authors of The Day I Met Jesus
I feel just that strange combination of honor and humility while getting to know authors Frank Viola & Mary DeMuth the last couple weeks. Their new book, The Day I Met Jesus, is so special, so interesting, and so touching. It truly surprised me. I couldn't get it off my mind, and I read several … [Read more...] about Interview with the Authors of The Day I Met Jesus
FREEBIE – The Day I Met Jesus
What if God Himself came down to earth and looked like a man and walked like a man and had a personal relationship with select women? What if those women he chose to touch, to live with, to eat with, and to have intimate discussions with included an adulteress, a prostitute, an ethnic outcast, a … [Read more...] about FREEBIE – The Day I Met Jesus
5 Surprising Reasons People Hurt Us
"Lord, Heal My Hurts" prays Kay Arthur in the title of a book on the shelf beside me. I see that cover every day and nearly as often send that prayer to the heavens, pleading God will heal the gaping wounds and stiffening scabs on my own heart. Over the last two decades, I've experienced my fair … [Read more...] about 5 Surprising Reasons People Hurt Us
