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  Schroeder turned sixteen on a quiet, gray Thursday during spring break. I had him drive us to the credit union so we could set him up a ch...

  Julian turns eighteen today. He got his license in February, and his first job in June. Since we bought a second vehicle last spring, he h...

Maggie celebrated her 14th birthday with a few friends at the “Let's Sing Taylor” concert at Symphony on the Prairie. Taylor Swift’s Era...

Penelope turned eleven the day before we left for summer vacation. The day was hectic for me. I was packing, finishing up a school paper, an...

Schroeder is a freshman at Shortridge High School. He and his brother roll out of bed and head out the door before the rest of us are up, ta...

Who We Were I was unexpectedly pregnant with our fourth baby. Stephen and I were still both under thirty. I cried in the bathroom that Novem...

Julian turned seventeen with little fanfare. We woke up in Nashville and spent the day driving towards Texas. We finally crossed the state l...