Oh what peace we often forfeit, oh what needless pain we bear; all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer. I can get real...

Have you ever had writer's block?  I know I have.  As an attorney, I write quite a bit, and sometimes it's so hard to start somethin...

I know my blog is called "Straddling the Gap," but these days my whole family is straddling lots of huge gaps.  The kids are so bu...

The last week has been scary. I've been disoriented and disconbobulated.  I've been without a phone! More accurately, I've bee...

In recent days as part of my job as an attorney, I endured three days of hearings on a very specialized and technical matter.  An independen...

I don't get a chance to crochet much, so this week I took the bus to work twice and worked a little at the office and voila - scarf! ...

We're in the thick of it now.  It's like a tidal wave that will carry you away if you're not careful, and you'll end up on t...

It's not going to happen this year.  I am not going to run like a mad woman doing for the sake of doing.  I will have a meaningful holid...

It's been a while since I updated the weight loss journey.  I my first installment , I talked about my goals and how I wanted to get th...

` Have you checked out Sparkpeople ??  This has to be one of the best weight loss sites on the web.  There's so much to say about it but...

Did you ever have one of those weeks?  This has been one (or two) of them.  I can't believe how long it's been since I wrote my last...

So school has been in session for several weeks now and it's starting to get difficult for my dear son.  Maybe that's not quite righ...

Oh what peace we often forfeit, oh what needless pain we bear; all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer. I can get really st...