We’ve had some extra rooms added to our house, two bedrooms above a garage. The house suddenly seems so much bigger. My husband is using one of the bedrooms as an office. Sometimes, when

Isn’t it amazing how toddlers always gravitate towards things they are told not to do or touch, even when they are free to do whatever else they like? I’m sure an expert in child

I love to receive gifts. I’m sure you do too. What’s wonderful about opening a gift is knowing the love and care that the gift-giver has gone to in selecting what is inside. It

The very first words God spoke to humanity remind me of a wedding. I love going to weddings. The celebration of two lives having a future together, the joy of love, the opportunity to

My father was an apple farmer. One day, visiting the orchard with him, he showed me a special tree. He was grafting one variety of apple onto the tree of a different apple variety.

I have climbed Quandary Peak in Colorado twice. This is one of the mountains in the Rockies that stands at over 14,000 feet (4300 metres) high. The hike, starting around 11,000 feet, is three

My mother discovered, on a parent-teacher evening at school, that at a very young age, I could be very creative. Each week on Monday morning at school, our assignment was to draw and write

My grandmother was a real lady. She always dressed well and would never go out in public without wearing a hat. She had a beautiful spirit. Always polite, gentle, and softly spoken. I never

We travel a lot. Being on the road means being away from things that I have easily at hand for all eventualities in life. So, I like to be prepared for any unpredictable event

When we moved from the UK to Boston in the USA, all our belongings were shipped across the Atlantic in a large container. Those possessions included terracotta pots from our garden in London. I