DELIA GRENVILLE

Vulnerability during prayer. It should be a code we all honor. I keep thinking about how far away New Zealand is. It feels...

Today I am sharting the note I wrote and wished that I sent to my son's music teachers. Somehow you hope that those instructors know that...

If you have one of these small animals living with you, such as a dog, cat, etc. You know that they have their signals, they read yours,...

If years were counted in more than days what would we say? We would talk more about the tears, the smiles, and the fears. We would hug...

Last night was supposed to be a Marvel movie night, a reward for our son's hard work on the piano. But things didn't go as planned. Let...

I want a Mom. Our son asked for his phone to go out with his Dad. He was going to sit in the lobby at work while Dad had a meeting, or in...

I had to remember, in the moment that my teen and I were talking, “THIS IS MAGIC.” Not the scolding. Or my forthcoming punishment to...

Well, my mother would have been 79 today had she lived. What a funny sentence. Had she lived. She did live. And we loved her. We...

We took away our son's phone on Dec 2. It was pending after many heated, prolonged, entitled exchanges. I know my husband thought it...

I remember my parents going out. When we were little, we were all involved in the primping. As we got older, in my memory of childhood,...

The 7th graders are going to perform their original songs at Mississippi Studios this week. My husband and I were so excited to see the...

Every Mother’s Day since this whole social media thing, I completely enjoy all of the outpouring to mothers here and mothers gone, from...

Our son came 20th in the region (5 states) for his age group. He jumped off the pommel. It was the last event and the choice to jump off ...

Do you have kids in different school systems with different breaks? We made it through the first year of separate spring breaks. My son...

The coach in me assigned myself a year of reflection that I chose to do on the 21st each month. The assignment happened organically. I...

I know one thing. If you regret having children, your kids don’t want or need to hear about it. That’s the tough part. Parents need to...

This moment just hit me. My Dad and I went to visit my Aunt and Uncle at their nursing home yesterday. My Uncle shrieked with delight....

I like to write about the mother-daughter relationship. In this piece, I explore the moments when you are both a mother and daughter. I...

I am up at 3:30 am. Half muttering in my thoughts about why the Internet is so slow. And I imagine my mother saying, “it’s the middle of...

I was sight singing with our son before he did his piano playing. First, we rhythm read, sing the notes, then play. When I asked, "Did...