What I've come to realize, especially as my kids and their wants get bigger and more expensive this time of year, is that love is what fills the gaps of Christmas.

I am convinced that my mom, and probably every other mom in the 1970s, was the inspiration for the ever-so-popular "Elf on the Shelf."...

Typically, I'm full of ideas and creative juices, but I've legitimately sat staring at blank paper for days. How am I supposed to know where I want to be in 12 months when I can't even get to the corner store right now without asking a friend for a favor?

We can open pantry after pantry, but that's not going to solve the problem of hunger and food insecurity. What we need to do is recruit those whose mission it is to feed the hungry and get them involved in pushing for policy change. We need to start breaking down the systems that create or perpetuate hunger.

Recently, the Trump Administration passed a proposed rule change to SNAP (formerly known as "food stamps"), and now nearly 700,000 Americans will have their food assistance taken away due to work requirements.

One day last week, as I sat here holding my cheek and popping ibuprofen like they were Tic Tacs, two other people were on my Facebook page complaining of the same thing: the dreaded toothache.

It's billed as a magical time of the year and charitable giving becomes a tradition for so many of us. And, let's be honest, is there a better way to embody the spirit of giving than to choose a needy child's wish list from a tree that's displayed in our favorite store?

"Poor mouthing" is a phrase used to describe that thing we do when we portray ourselves to be worse off financially than someone else but yet have nicer and better things. Here's an example:

I buy a new pair of shoes for my child that cost $80, and then she comes home from school the next day whining about another child who has had two pair of new shoes from the dollar store on in last two days. She pays zero attention to the fact that she had better quality shoes because she was stuck on the fact that the other child had two pairs.

Having "just enough" can look a lot of ways. Maybe it's "just enough" gas to get to work. Or "just enough" food to get you through until the next payday. Maybe it's "just enough" to get by after keeping your utilities on.

There's a folktale entitled "Stone Soup." In my words, some travelers entered a village, hungry and exhausted. They asked the villagers for a bite to...

My youngest came running down the street a few weeks ago, crying. Something had taken place where she and friends had been playing, and...