Inside: A gentle response that could lower the temperature of contentious arguments, plus advice from my dad about how to become a more gracious person. I once had a difficult conversation with my dad. The details aren’t important; the point is that our disagreement was intense. My dad listened to…

Inside: The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to buckle down and finish projects that have been loitering on our to-do lists for far too long. ~ Several months ago, Randy called us all together to help him with a project. We went around the house, room…

Inside: Favorite books, most-viewed blog posts, lessons my daughters taught me and a cross section of blessings from the past 12 months. Where did the year go? I feel like I’ve said this about the previous month in almost every Share Four Somethings post I’ve done this year, and it…

Inside: What we can learn from the dawn as we reflect on 2022 and look forward to a brand new year. Some years, I can look back on the word I chose for the past 12 months and notice—sometimes to the point of goosebumps—how relevant and timely it was for…

Inside: Comfort and encouragement for those who have lost a loved one in recent years and struggle with grief at Christmas. Four years ago, keeping Christmas saved me. In 2018, I spent many December days running around like a chicken with my head cut off—to see my dad at the…