I was sixteen or seventeen and learning to drive the car. To teach me, Dad (a doctor) had me drive him all over the county visiting his patients. More >>

My husband and I had been trying for 9 months to get pregnant. It was Christmas 2002 when we got a phone call from the National Bone Marrow Registry. More >>

Many of you aren't parenting in the best interest of your child. Instead, you're parenting to satisfy your own needs... More >>

We are richly blessed by two amazing daughters, one 7 1/2, the second almost 4 1/2. Both pregnancies were prayed for and planned, and while both happened within a reasonable time once we were 'trying', the first was truly a fast answer to prayer. More >>

I was at sea on a Navy destroyer in the Caribbean and we had just been ordered to return home to Florida because of the approach of a hurricane. I was informed I had a phone call and the Captain was not happy... More >>

First off let me say I have always seemed to listen to you at the wrong times in my life. I listened 20 years ago and then for some reason I stopped. If I had been listening 17 years ago I would possibly not have married the woman I married, I chose wrong. More >>

Wow, its hard to think of what I admire most....marrying him was probably one of the best things (smartest choices) I have EVER made, but to narrow it down to what I admire most, would be what an incredible father he is. More >>

We as a family had a very stressful life when I was growing up. We were poor to the point of going long stints without electricity and water in our house. This financial stress made my dad mean and distant. More >>

Helping an older child adjust to a new baby being brought home can be difficult. I've got some tips for how you can acclimate your child to the new situation... More >>

Andy Griffith, whose passing this week reminds us of what he meant to so many of us, was the symbol of a level-headed, respectable dad. Leading male characters today, especially dads, are more often than not cast as buffoons. Where have the respectable males on TV gone, and what message does this send to our boys? More >>