Believe me when I tell you that the young gentlemen of my household, ages 12 and 9, are not cosmopolitan or gourmands. The best thing you could ever pack in their lunch boxes is a nice cold...

No subject is sacred. A protruding belly inspires people to ignore social norms that otherwise guide appropriate topics of conversation.

I was on bed rest with all 6 of my pregnancies, so I know a thing or two about it.  Anyway, I found this list of activities in my files and thought you might be interested.

When I was expecting my first child, threats to my baby's health seemed to lurk everywhere. I knew, of course, that alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs of any kind were off-limits. But what about those lattes I'd chugged before I knew I was pregnant?

Before I met John, I thought 4 children constituted a large family. Since he is number ten of twelve children, my idea of "large" changed when we met.

Like most women, I want the best for my child.  I quickly learned that in addition to providing shelter, clothes, food and love, that the environment in the home is an important key to raising a well adjusted child.

The moment that, for both of us, changed the desire for a large family into a conviction that we should allow God to plan our family size happened before we were married. We had a godly pastor and...

Well, to be honest one child was the result of a failure to communicate on birth control choices. Am I allowed to write that? No really, we always knew we would have a large family, at least 4 children.