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I’ve been on a 27-year expedition that is coming to a close. If raising them was a great inhale, it’s about time for a seismic exhale.

Minutes after Isabella Marie Spry was born, Scott holds his fourth-born, September 2004 Some babies are adorable. Some, maybe not so...

It has been a gradual transition, watching our four children launch into adulthood. Nine years ago as our first child prepared to leave...

Life can often be beautiful and rosy. Sometimes dull, lonely or exciting. And sometimes, due to reasons we can control and other times...

I was taken to a room that had three exam tables all lined up in a row. I was taken to the last one and asked to lie down...

Summer 2021 is now history. It was abundantly good. God is good. I am constantly in awe of his mercy and favor. The following photo essay...

Just as lighthouses guide ship and boat captains through rough waters, each of us needs to find guiding lights to help us navigate life.

Happy Father’s Day Dad, I love you. We all love you. This Father’s Day, hundreds of miles away, I will attempt to articulate exactly why...

Becoming a parent is pretty amazing, but mothers definitely have a unique perspective. Whether by adoption or by birth, becoming a mother...

This season of death has made the reality of the resurrection and the absolute necessity of a RISEN Savior all the more real to me. He IS...

When I was little I used to think that concrete roads were made of mashed, baked banana. How ridiculous is that?! I learned early on that...

Do not imagine that you in your comfortable life will escape the evil repercussions of a culture that kills their unwanted...

“Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have...

The last time I wrote, in December, my dear husband was hospitalized for pneumonia, a complication of COVID-19. Days after he was...

As I anticipate this beautiful milestone—our first child being married—I have been contemplating his childhood, knowing full well that a...

What someone or something is called does not change their innate characteristics or attributes.

Just like faith is a choice illustrated by action, so is love. Too many people misunderstand love simply as an emotion and allow feelings...

The beauty is that, as humans, though we may think beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are right about something, sometimes new facts lead...

Today, Scott Spry and I celebrate our wedding anniversary. Here follows a photo essay of a special weekend we just spent together in . . .

My superhero husband Scott earnestly, graciously and lovingly supported my 50th birthday 50-mile plan, scouting the route and meticulously