Today is the first edition of “Friday Favorites” and what we hope will be only the first of many such posts to come! We’ve got a great “favorite” to share today that we think truly will be an excellent tool…
Friday Favorites – 1st Edition


Today is the first edition of “Friday Favorites” and what we hope will be only the first of many such posts to come! We’ve got a great “favorite” to share today that we think truly will be an excellent tool…

You need to know this: I have no children in my home. My husband and his late wife had one daughter, and she was a married adult with children of her own when Joe and I married forty-four months ago.…

Our “Come on Over” recipes are becoming more creative than ever—well, at least the titles are—thanks to the pandemic! So here’s a keeper. The prep time is minimal; the baking time is the perfect fit for getting everyone fed and…

Change. The very word evokes excitement, dread, anticipation, fear, grief, joy. Regardless of our age, marital status, or social setting, regardless of our penchant for adventure or our comfort level with routines, the same is true for all of us—change…

In the final pages of Petals of Wisdom from Grandma, Lorraine Strohbehn (my mom) shares a chapter titled “The Death of a Dream.” She notes that when tragedy strikes, a major change often occurs within family units. For example, if…