Beautiful Dust

Today’s Post Written By: Heather Rae Hutzel Wailing sirens pierced through the night, and red and blue lights danced across our kitchen walls as a patrol car screamed past our house, interrupting our quiet dinner. It was the second one in less than a couple...

Safe and Secure

Today’s Post Written By: Rhonda Stinson “Splish splash Mags is takin’ a bath” is the ditty I sing to my dog when it’s bath time. I usually give her a bath in gigantic double-sided cement sink in the basement, but due to the lack of heat during...

Waves of Change

Today’s Post Written By: Heather Rae Hutzel It is hard to believe that the first month of the new year is already halfway over. I have to say that 2014 has been a very strange year so far. I guess part of the strangeness is attributed to spending the first week...

Ebb and Flow

Our family vacations often take us to the beach. We love to soak up the sun and enjoy the refreshing water and beach sports. On a recent vacation, we forgot to check the tide schedule before heading over to the beach. When we arrived, there was barely enough room to...

A Bonus Gift

Not long ago, a friend of mine had surgery and needed to spend some additional recovery time in a rehabilitation center. I wondered how she was handling being away from her family so long, so I decided to schedule a visit to help lift her spirits. I decided to bring...

Change of Plans

Well he did it! Our son traveled across the U.S. and Pacific Ocean to begin his new adventure in a foreign land. The journey took more than eighteen hours including a layover, and since Tokyo is fourteen hours ahead of us in Cincinnati, the expedition included real...