HAVE FAITH

One sunny day in April, Pepper was waiting on the bottom of a playground slide for her two-year-old daughter, Hannah, when a branch suddenly collapsed overhead, crushing Hannah’s tiny body underneath. Airlifted to the children’s hospital, Pepper and her husband,...

ACCEPT IMPERFECTIONS

As 2Wrds wraps up its summer reading series, this week’s Young Adult author will not disappoint! An avid reader of YA fiction, I wanted to feature a local author that writes clean teen fiction with positive messaging. I entitled this blog, Accept Imperfections,...

FUN FAITH

2Wrds promised you quality children’s books for boys, and this week will not disappoint! My featured author is Burton W. Cole, author of The Bash Series. Burton is the features editor and humor columnist for the Tribune Chronicle in Ohio. Although he dreamed of...

TRUE IDENTITY

Do you remember middle school? Between braces, streaks of green in my blond hair from year-round swim team, and my scrawny, undeveloped body, I remember feeling like I was the only one who didn’t fit in. It’s funny to think about that now, but it’s not funny to our...

LOVE WELL

Love is a choice and sometimes a very hard one. Picture right now someone who is hard to love. Can you see him or her? Can you feel the tightness in your chest and air filling your lungs? Now, imagine if I asked you to show love to that person this week. What would it...

LAUGH OFTEN

Thing 1 and Thing 2 each have a hamster. Watching the hamsters run on the wheel makes me feel like I belong in their cage. I run 90 miles an hour in a million different directions but get nowhere. Can anyone relate? I make mistakes every day. I fail as a mom. I fail...