“I can do it, mom.” As we grow up, we want to do more things on our own from tying our shoes and pouring a glass of milk to driving to school to interacting with our spouse and raising children. God gave us moms and moms are good. We need a mother for the wellbeing…

Learning to put your shoes on the correct feet is part of growing up. You can limp through the first few months or years with your shoes on the wrong feet, but eventually learning to recognize which shoe goes on which foot makes life far more comfortable. Saul worked hard at doing things correctly. Saul…

Making it up the ninja warrior warped wall at Harry Myers Park is a feat. If you and some friends saw one of your friends make it up the wall, you would tell others. Some might be impressed, but some might get jealous. The jealous group might tell you to stop talking about it and…

Chocolate eggs have become closely associated with Easter. If you are a kid with an Easter basket, you will likely find some today, and if you are an adult, you have likely been eating them for weeks and had to get more delivered to your house so the children could have some. I am not…

Going to Braum’s for an ice cream only to hold it in your hand to watch it melt would be strange. Sure, ice cream might cool off your hand as it melts in the summer sun, but the feeling will not last. In the end, ice cream melting in your hand leaves a sticky mess.…

“You need to get perfect attendance,” may be something you heard from your parents and teachers growing up. It was said that perfect attendance means you will be in school learning, you will get an award, you will get a better job, you will be more successful, you will have a better retirement, and you…

My toy does not light up or make sounds anymore. I have pressed the on/off switch over and over, but that does not help. I do not have the patience to try more things to make this toy work, so I am going to throw it away. When things go wrong, we often lack the…

“Leave this place and go somewhere rainy for spring break.” Rarely is this said but it does make sense to go somewhere rainy during spring break in March because of St. Patrick’s Day and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Finding a pot of gold would be life changing, but most…

Wearing the superhero mask or princess tiara fills us with confidence. As a superhero we possess the strength to battle any bad guy and reach the end of any adventure. And as princess we enjoy the finer things in life and peaceful company of friends and family. With our imagination, we can wipe away weakness…

Typically, there are two scenarios when putting together a puzzle. First, you buy a new puzzle from the store with all the pieces and a clear picture on the front of the box. Second, you find the old half empty taped together puzzle box from the attic or buried in the bottom of the toy…