Party with All Your Friends – For Free

I have a decades-long dream. It's to go on a trip to some wonderful, relaxing place…and take my favorite people from all different phases of my life with me. Of course, I'd take my family and close relatives. But then I'd take the “gang” of friends I grew...

25 Years and Counting: The Silver Anniversary

Question: How can you be happily married and still madly in love after 25 years? Answer: Marry someone like Sam. I'll admit that when I was 21, I was far too inexperienced and naive to be a great judge of character and longevity. In many ways I just got really lucky....

Virtual Dating – Love on the Cutting Edge

In just over a week, I'll be celebrating my 25th wedding anniversary. I'm (happily) so far removed from the single's scene, that I hardly recognize it. And as my oldest children move into the phase of looking for their dream mates, I have seen how much the dating...

Exchangeable Gift Cards

Stumped about what gift to give for a special occasion? FriendGiftr has solved your problem. Instead of giving a gift that is difficult to return, many people have moved to giving gift cards. But what if you choose a merchant that isn't useful to the recipient?...

Milestone

Do y'all remember when I was asking for advice about my son going on a mission? And when I wrote this post about my tender feelings as we prepared for him to serve? Well, guess what today is? Hump Day! On June 24, 2009, DS entered the MTC. He has been serving for...

Better Gift Cards

Every year our insurance agent sends Sam and me a thoughtful birthday gift—a gift card for a free car wash. The only problem is that the designated car wash provider is 23 miles away from our home, in a city we have no other reason to go to. It's convenient to our...