Teri Lynne Underwood

Right now, I wish you were here sitting in my living room (on that awesome brown couch with your phone plugged in to charge) so I could look you in th...

This week my grandmother will begin her new normal: life without the man she’s loved since she first saw him at age 17 by her side.

Sunday afternoon my grandfather passed from this world into the arms of Jesus.

Confession. This isn’t a topic most of us want to discuss, right? At least, not our own confession practices. We might be OK with identifying why some...

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.” – James 1:5

Crooked teeth, bottle-cap glasses and frizzy hair. That’s what she saw in the mirror. It didn’t matter that she’d long since had her braces removed, g...

She climbed in the car crying. Again. I knew better than to ask. My girl needs space to work through situations before she’s ready to talk. Instead we...

“Mom, I need a new binder for school.”

I wasn’t prepared. Even after years of working with students alongside my husband, I felt totally inept when my daughter started middle school.

Last week I received word that my friend’s mom had lost her battle with cancer. The whole family was close by during those last few days in the hospic...