by MO VEAR | Apr 21, 2017 | Best Of, Blog, Faith, Forgiveness, Hope, Kindness, Life Lessons, Love, Prayer, Truth
One of my chores growing up was walking our dog, Otis. Like most chores, however, my mom picked up the slack and offered me a deal. “I’ll walk Otis in rain, sleet and snow, if you walk with me and Otis whenever it’s sunny and warm.” That was a...
by MO VEAR | Aug 4, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Family, Friends, Truth
There’s something about the anonymity and diversity of living in a big city that gives me a sense of comfort and a feeling of fitting in, so when our two boys were approaching school age and my husband mentioned moving from Chicago to a small town subdivision, I...
by MO VEAR | May 12, 2017 | Best Of, Blog, Faith, Family, Hope, Kids, Kindness, Life Lessons, Love, Motherhood, Parents Dying, Prayer, Teaching, Truth
My Mom was always up for playing a game and if there wasn’t a game to play, she would make one up – especially when I was little, and especially if it helped her to occupy my time. We played one game every week that was a cross between Tic-Tac-Toe and...
by MO VEAR | May 5, 2017 | Best Of, Blog, Faith, Family, Forgiveness, Friends, High School, Hope, Kids, Kindness, Life Lessons, Love, Motherhood, Truth
I’m doing a duathlon in June, but the last time I ran was at last year’s duathlon. So this past Saturday, I committed to getting some miles in. I texted my Mom-Friend and told her I was on my way over: “Can you do CPR because I’m running to...
by MO VEAR | Mar 29, 2020 | Episodes, Faith, Family, Forgiveness, Friends, Hope, I AM, Kindness, Life Lessons, Love, Podcast, The more serious..., Truth, You Are Not Alone
A lot has transpired between my last podcast and the one airing tomorrow–specifically, COVID-19. It’s making us feel uncertain and unsafe. These feelings aren’t new, of course, but our experience of them now is unprecedented. This is hard–all...
by MO VEAR | Mar 17, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Family, Forgiveness, Friends, Hope, I AM, Kids, Life Lessons, Love, Motherhood, Parents Dying, Truth
The temperature in the hotel room was seventy degrees. A little cool for me, but I had on my lovely flannel pajamas and matching winter hat, plus, I turned up the thermostat a couple notches when my husband, Andy, and my two boys, Danny and Mark, left for the pool. It...
