I’ve been reading a wonderful year-long devotional, but the editors left out a devotion for February 29. Today is Leap Day, so I didn’t have a devotion to read. I decided to grab my copy of Sarah … [Read more...]

My husband didn’t want to see The Descendants last weekend. “I’ve heard it’s depressing,” he said.  The topic, a family’s preparation for a mother/wife’s death isn’t a happy story, for sure, but the … [Read more...]

I love the spicy hot tea that some people call Russian Tea, but I don't like recipes that include using Tang as one of the ingredients. Here's a delicious recipe that uses real fruit juices instead of … [Read more...]

During this month of gift giving, I’ve been thinking about the gifts my husband and I have given our four children. The top three popped into my head without much thinking.The gift of knowledge—From … [Read more...]

A few weeks ago I worked at the polls for a municiple election. The mayor of my hometown ran for another term against a newcomer to the area as well as to politics. It was a pretty quiet day. The … [Read more...]

We are remembering my mother-in-law, Patricia Smith Dougherty, this week. In the van on the way back to Pittsburgh last weekend for the funeral, we told Grandma stories. Here’s mine. One … [Read more...]

I enjoy crocheting. My grandmother taught me when I was in elementary school. After ignoring this art form for several years (decades, really), I started again and introduced my daughters to it. … [Read more...]

I successfully completely my second 5k in a little over 35 minutes--slower than my first 5k, but I still met my goal of running the whole course. Yea. I'd really like to end my running career on this … [Read more...]

I'm scheduled to run my second 5k on Saturday, October 15. I ran my first one last June and accomplished my goal of running the entire course--no stopping to catch my breath as some people I refuse to … [Read more...]

The whole ACFW conference thing was a big pushing-me-out-of-my box kind of experience. For four days, I had to stick my hand out and say, "Hello, I'm Hope Dougherty," offer my business card, and talk … [Read more...]