by Jessica Clark | Jan 20, 2015 | Jessica Clark: Marriage—From Here to Eternity
I am four. I am standing on the very tip-top of the toilet, hands and faced pressed into the glass window. Tears are streaming down my face. I am not a pretty sight. But I do not care. I am screaming at the blue and yellow truck that is carrying my daddy away from me....
by Brandon Quist | Jan 19, 2015 | Home and Family
Coloring with crayons isn’t substantially different from drawing, or even painting. Of course, if we truly wanted to paint with crayons, we need look no further than your friendly household death ray: the hair dryer. Here’s what you need: The big box and the wrapping...
by Ashley Dewey | Jan 16, 2015 | Ashley Dewey: Single Life
It’s been a long week and now it is Friday night. You don’t currently have plans so you make the determination that it will be another night in. What do you choose to keep you company? Do you call your friends and see what they are up to? Nah, don’t...
by Jane Thurston | Jan 15, 2015 | Jane Thurston: Down Syndrome Days
“Emily’s brother’s retarded.” My 3rd grade daughter got into the car after school one day saying she had overheard these words in her classroom. I could tell she didn’t want to be hurt by them but she had a sense that they were unkind. She asked what they meant. What...
by Jessica Clark | Jan 13, 2015 | Jessica Clark: Marriage—From Here to Eternity
Janus was a Roman god with two faces, one looking to the past and other to the future. He symbolized change and transitions from one vision to another, and the passage of time. He also represented the growth from innocence to wisdom. I am a big history buff, so you...
by Ashley Dewey | Jan 9, 2015 | Ashley Dewey: Single Life
During Institute last night a wise friend described an important dream he had. As he awoke he could still remember it in detail. He pictured her in his mind again, a beautiful baby girl with bright red hair. Somehow he knew that this baby was going to come to his...
