by Sabrina McDonald | Nov 9, 2021 | Stepfamily, Widowhood and Grief
Our mobile society has made gathering as a family even more important than in the past. It used to be that families lived and died in the same town and saw each other often. But now, with the increase in distance, the prevalence of stepfamilies, and other medical or...
by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 24, 2020 | Marriage
Everyone was particularly chatty the night my husband and I went to my parents’ house for dinner. The pre-dinner conversation was filled with stories from years gone by. We brought up a bunch of “remember whens,” and we all enjoyed reminiscing and bonding together as...
by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 24, 2020 | Marriage, Parenting
I sometimes wonder why I love my camera so much. I have so many pictures in my house I literally don’t know what to do with them all, and yet I keep snapping pictures. One night, after about two years of marriage, my husband, David, and I were looking for some...
by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 24, 2020 | Spiritual Growth
“Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood . . . the people that you meet each day.” Those familiar lyrics from the song by Sesame Street’s Ernie played along in my head every morning as my son and I took our thirty-minute walk up and down the streets of our...
by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 21, 2020 | Marriage, Widowhood and Grief
Not long ago, I was in a discussion group of singles, but there happened to be one young married couple in the mix. Having been widowed for a couple of years now, I love to watch how husbands and wives interact. Their behaviors are slight, yet they speak a thousand...
