In honor of Poetry Month, we are sharing a favorite poem by Rudyard Kipling. If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not [...]

Opportunity knocks…and sometimes it knocks us right over till we fall into a rut. I was listening to an encounter among children recently. Julia was cleaning the room she shares with Claire. Claire, who (thankfully) has shown some signs of maturity lately, wanted to help. (Note: opportunity.) She even knocked on the closed door. (Opportunity [...]

I always wondered, as a child, why all the heroes were men. I was an avid reader and only a few biographies were about women: Florence Nightingale, Betsy Ross, very few others. I love that my daughters have grown up with many biographies and stories about women. Even though print was lacking, our heritage stories [...]

In honor of National Athletic Training Month, I would like to begin by saying thank you to all the athletic trainers who do so much to help keep our players playing, to create a learning environment for those aspiring to become athletic trainers, being among the best to tape an ankle and so much more. [...]

Sue Stanley-Green is an amazing athletic trainer, teacher, wife and mother.  She is a pioneer in the field of athletic training.  She truly lives an empowered life by living her dream dispite stereotypes in sports.  Read about her journey here: I have been asked to contribute to this blog and share my experiences as a [...]

As I have puzzled over a blog topic for the day, I thought about many subjects. I have written one on spring, one on judgement, and had a few other thoughts bouncing around my brain waves…but nothing felt right. Then I thought about blogging about death. No. I couldn’t do that. It would be too [...]

This week, our family has the most amazing opportunity: I have met a new friend, reconnected with a neighbor, and lost myself in the service of others during a most difficult and trying time. Let me tell you about it… Our twins wanted to go to Disney. We thought about going to celebrate their birthday. [...]

Hello, blog readers! I just want to tell you that I am having pretty much the coolest experience of my life ever right now, which I will tell you all about another time. I am on this total high. It’s so great!! So if I’m not blogging about my right now, what the heck am [...]

Don’t you find it funny that the same room temperature that makes a milkshake melt also makes your hamburger too cold to enjoy? I was thinking about this last night as I was delayed in eating my dinner due to an important phone call, and everything, whether it was hot or cold, was not quite [...]

Our guest blogger, Tina, is a mother of three and wife of Bill. She is a talented lady and one of our favorite people. She shares her thoughts about a most difficult situation. Thank you, Tina. We all love you for your honesty and humor in the midst of trial. Motherhood is a daily lesson [...]