Melissa Westemeier

It's April and our school called a snow day this past week. The following day we got a 2-hour delay because of Winter Storm Dan. Today I...

It's a sleeting, slick and slothful day here in northeastern Wisconsin. Ice is dropping from the honey locust tree in our front yard,...

For the last couple of years graduation has loomed on the horizon and I've thought, "I'll never enjoy a class of girls as much as this...

First, The Holy Eclair is heading to Common Household Mom! Carolyn writes often and beautifully about matters of faith and God and...

My friend Becky Ramsey wrote another book! I adored her first book, French at Heart, so I was super-pumped to learn she has written MORE...

Four years ago Mr. T started high school cross country. I remember how those upperclassmen on his team took him under their wing--guys...

I didn't take any classes this summer, nor did I teach any. (Except for 3rd grade Sunday School, but that doesn't really count--spending...