Grandfamilies: Sideways–Six Things You Can Do When Trouble Comes

Cadence and Lala. February 2014. If you know someone whom trouble has never visited, well, you don’t know that person as well as you think you do. Rotten stuff happens. It rolls right in along an astounding array of avenues, squats down in the middle of our routines, cracks itself open like an old egg, and raises […]


In the Philippines, They’re Looking for Us

Please.  We Can Be Hope. We Can Be Help.  Maybe you’ve heard the story that Fred Rogers offered as advice for helping young children cope with frightening  circumstances: When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always […]


Snowbound Worries

Snow. Photo by Bob Coller. My friend Bob graciously granted me permission to share this amazing photograph with you. Itching and Inspiration Last night when my husband Rich and I prayed at bedtime, he asked God to make it clear to me what He would have me write about this morning. I am here to […]


Snowbound Worries

Snow. Photo by Bob Coller. My friend Bob graciously granted me permission to share this amazing photograph with you. Itching and Inspiration Last night when my husband Rich and I prayed at bedtime, he asked God to make it clear to me what He would have me write about this morning. I am here to […]


Snowbound Worries

Snow. Photo by Bob Coller. My friend Bob graciously granted me permission to share this amazing photograph with you. Itching and Inspiration Last night when my husband Rich and I prayed at bedtime, he asked God to make it clear to me what He would have me write about this morning. I am here to […]