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My Genius—Admonished & Admired

In my experience with teenagers, which includes teaching college freshmen and high school seniors, a short stint as an interim youth minister, and now raising up my two girls, I’m just going to go ahead and say it: if a teenager ever refers to you as a genius without...

Solidarity, Sister…

If you have a brother or a sister, you likely have experienced sibling rivalry over the years, whether overtly or rather more discreetly. And, if you are a parent, you have definitely encountered the competition and jealousy between your children; unfortunately,...

They Make Me Feel Like Dancing

Life can feel overly serious at times, and that is one of the reasons I like to look for some of the more lighthearted reasons why I love my teenagers; and there are many as I am learning. As we head into a new month, I have been considering where we are as a family...

They’re a Slice of My Life

For several years, when our girls were younger, I decided it would be fun to make Fridays homemade-pizza night for our family. Years before that, my husband and I discovered the Boboli brand pizza crusts and used those occasionally. We also thoroughly enjoyed...

They Tell Tales out of School

Back when I was a newspaper reporter, I dove into many in-depth feature articles as part of my story assignments, including one story in which I went back to school. Indeed, I was young enough at the time that I attended the local high school for the day as a student...