Hicks Hiking

After our  heartbreaking near-miss with the adoption Special Home Finding (SHF) list last spring, I thought for sure that I had learned ca...

We had one of those ' it could have been a lot worse ' moments recently. A couple of weeks ago, we took a family trip to Arkansa...

Update (8/26/14):  I'm thrilled to report that the cursed truck has now been replaced with a new (hopefully less cursed) truck. The rep...

I constantly worry about whether I am making the right decisions as a mom. Sound familiar? I think it's a pretty common state for paren...

I suppose the title of the post really ought to be " Some  of My Favorite Images of the Year," because there are way too many to i...

Last week, social media lit up with the hashtag  #GivingTuesday . People, charities and other kinds of non-profits spilled thousands of ...

I sat in the lobby of a five-star hotel in Makati, sharing afternoon coffee with two local friends, Jack and George. I've just returned...