One of the things I’m most grateful for about Janna is that she has an uncanny ability to calm our kids when they’re in their most frantic, inconsolable and irrational places. When they’re sick and miserable, something about the way she cares for them brings relief. I tend to...
Thirty-some hotdogs and sausages on the grill. Twelve children running in and out of the house, trying to chase the barn cat and jumping on the trampoline. Eight different conversations scattered throughout the kitchen and living room and dining room. One chocolate birthday cake for a foster...
Emotions are good but can be a tricky thing. On one hand, we can become obsessed and enveloped by them, losing all perspective. On the other, we can repress and shove them inside us, only to leak out in unhealthy ways. In either case, we can be driven by them no matter how well intended...
