Lots of Scotts

My son Parker is a sensitive and emotionally intelligent young man. He is physically affectionate, charming and caring. Even at 13 years old...

"He (Jesus) saw the potential in the lives of sinners. In Simon, He saw a rock. In Matthew, the publican, He saw a faithful disciple wh...

When my children were babies I weighed the pros and cons of various Santa traditions.  My husband & I decided our family's observanc...

Yesterday afternoon our family joined close friends for a 5 mile bike ride along our city's river. It was a gorgeous day and all seven c...

I had all sorts of random fears when I first learned I was carrying three babies.  Would I ever sleep again? Would people ever be able ...

K, P, & R, Happy first day of fourth grade! This morning you dressed yourselves and made your own breakfast. You gathered your own b...

As I was cleaning up the kitchen after dinner tonight it struck me: Yesterday my next door neighbor dropped her third child off at college...

Last month, BEFORE my people had taken off, I wrote a hopeful post about the positive points of Summer camping. Now that we are right smack ...

Life in a family accelerates to warp speed in the month of May. As a result, all kinds of things happened that never rose to the level of ha...

I fancy myself a bit of an amateur sociologist. Fascinated by people and what makes them tick, I have attempted to be a student of my childr...

The evening it happened I knew I should write about it. Yet, my wound was too fresh, my shame too raw. I would sit down to blog and an inter...

My P is a day dreamer. He lives for reading, video games and drawing--things that take him into a fantasy world far more exciting than his d...

On our final night of vacation last week we went out for a celebratory dinner with my inlaws. The setting, overlooking the ocean, was incred...

If ever there were a metaphor for parenting, our experience Tuesday on the ropes course fits the bill. Three little adventurers, traversing ...

We dropped our curly girl off at camp Sunday morning. It's only been 36 hours, but some sweet memorable comments have been made. Th...

When I think about this season of parenthood, I think it can most aptly be described as raising an apple, an orange and an artichoke...all ...