Rhonda Rhea is a pastor’s wife and mother of five. She lives near St. Louis, though she confesses she spends most of her time circling the county delivering teens hither and yon. She is a radio personality and in addition to regular radio features, also appears on radio and TV programs throughout the country, as [...]

Life is full of questions and mysteries. What is the meaning of life? Why do our socks periodically “rapture” and why don’t they ever go up in pairs? Why can only one person in the house put on a new roll of toilet paper? Why do we still get cellulite when we’re not eating anything fun? [...]

I knew there was a problem when I realized that my control top pantyhose were completely out of control. They snickered at me when I even glanced in their direction and then gave me that “you’ve got to be kidding” look. Then as I was looking at a friend’s photos, I saw a plump lady wearing [...]

Don’t you hate it when your pantry is full of stuff, but you can’t seem to make it into a meal? I was staring blankly into the pantry one afternoon, thumping my fingers on the door, trying to figure how I could make dinner for a family of seven from half a bag of noodles, [...]

My sister Gina mourned the day her youngest son was too big to fit into the grocery cart. It wasn’t one of those “my baby is growing up” mourning things. It was more like a prayer: “Lord, help us – Jake is free.” My four-year-old nephew makes shopping an adventure. On one trip, I watched [...]

It happened around five years ago. I remember it as if it were yesterday.  I had been stewing in my hot car all day with my five little ones. I delivered a son to baseball practice, delivered a husband to a church finance meeting, delivered the forgotten ball glove, and a bajillion other deliveries in [...]

Have you ever had one of those days when nothing gets done? It’s not that you haven’t worked hard, but at the end of the day, everything looks about the same. You empty your bank account paying the bills knowing that, though the paycheck is history, the bills will be fruitful and multiply. You clean [...]

I was so excited when I found out our new house would have a mudroom. It took on new meaning as we tried to get our lawn started. For the seed to germinate, the sprinklers had to be going almost non-stop. That, however, makes the lawn a massive mud pit. Everytime my husband went out to move the [...]

We had five babies in seven years. I know some of you overachievers have had more. I’m deeply impressed by your fortitude. They really were the wonder years - mostly because I sometimes wonder how we did it. We were basically in survival mode. There were around ten (count ‘em, TEN) straight years of diapers. There [...]

“Is this your first baby?”, “Is this your last?”, “When are you due?”, “Are you sure you’re not having a litter?”, “Did I ever tell you about my ninety-three-hour labor?”. By my fifth baby, I’d heard them all. Everyone seems to have something to say to a pregnant woman. Some comments are sweet. Some thoughtful. [...]