• Marriage

    Different Is Good

    “You aren’t going to change him,” Dorothy said with an I-know-you-wish-you-could tone in her voice. My then future mother-in-law and I were standing in the doorway of my fiance’s bedroom and were amazed–and a little scared–by what we saw. There were clothes…

  • Family

    Heavy Doors

    When my daughter Callie was about 18 months old, we were walking toward a building that had a big, heavy door.  “I do it!,” she exclaimed.  I knew it was too heavy for her, but I wanted her to give…