by Guest Author | Jul 25, 2012 | for Love
By Alisha Worthington, BSW, SSW I remember my new daughter's wet, warm body lying on my chest for the very first time. I could feel her bird-like heart pounding away as she took her first breaths and looked toward my face with searching eyes. For my part, I was...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 20, 2012 | for Good
I've always been baffled at “pro-choice” activist. In the same breath that they promote awesome “choice” in sucking babies into pieces, they decry those who would commit the horrid, unthinkable act of displaying photos of the atrocities...
by Tracy Polyak | Dec 30, 2011 | for Love
I found myself feeling rather irritated with Grasshopper today. She tends to be very slow, and today it seemed that frequently she was purposely making the entire family wait. I scolded her, and at one point we all slowly walked from the car, leaving her still sitting...
by Tracy Polyak | Nov 3, 2011 | for Spirit
“I want!” is a phrase that moms hear often from their children. My Grasshopper (6-years-old), though, has a habit of merely implying that she wants something and then expecting me to understand. “My glass is empty,” may mean that she is done,...
by Darcee Yates | Apr 30, 2011 | for Spirit
Here's a poser. I recently met with a former college roomate. It had been 30 years since we'd seen each other. I ducked out of the college thing early, married, and raised kids. She went the whole nine yards with schooling, graduated from BYU, ‘cuma sum'...