Caroline

This quivering tree is starting to change color in the parking lot near a fresh sushi place by our high school and while my daughter went next door to buy a few things from [...]

A memory from three years ago, when my eldest was a senior in high school. Now, my twins are seniors, and on the cusp of their own adventures and experiences as they graduate in [...]

My newest story, Amsterdam Serenade, is now available for preorder: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CR929XX6 While growing up on a small farm in the province of Friesland, hundreds of kilometers north of Amsterdam, Jacoba dreamed of what city [...]

Remember the Reason we celebrate...remember the Christ child. In the midst of busyness, amid the overwhelming noise of the season, is Peace. All we have ever needed is at hand, in our presence:  the [...]

I realized something while watching "It's a Wonderful Life" recently. It was something I missed the first 326 times I watched it. That is, I think the hero of the story isn't George, it's [...]

Most of the miracle of Christmas you can't see, or don't. The young clergyman and his wife do all the things you do on Christmas Eve. They string the lights and hang the ornaments. [...]

The God Who Sees Have you ever been in a hard season that seemed like it would never end? These times might be referred to as desert seasons or valleys or dark nights of [...]

What brings YOU joy? This last week I asked my students to revisit their goal writing from September. Back then, we spent time reading nonfiction stories and carving out our own vision for this [...]

Woods In Winter Henry Wadsworth Longfellow When winter winds are piercing chill, And through the hawthorn blows the gale, With solemn feet I tread the hill, That overbrows the lonely vale. O'er the bare [...]

22 years ago today, our country was shattered by the 9/11 attacks. Today we remember. JP and I had the chance to take a long weekend in New York City two years ago and [...]