Home is where the heart is.

We have a tradition in our family: making gingerbread houses. Since my daughter was two, we have made gingerbread houses each year during the holidays.

Christen Renee Strom and Devin Powell Thomas were united in marriage in a 5 p.m. ceremony on May 15 at The Gingerbread Meeting House in Shelby

Those words swirled around the room as my daughter’s kindergarten teacher announced the start of gingerbread trap building.

It was, and in 1994 the first section, featuring the Gingerbread Man and Winken, Blinken and Nod, was restored by art specialist Nathan Zakheim, who finished the job in 1997. It was mostly his daughter Shakuntala’s “brilliant” technique that made it …

Karen Sherburne’s childhood vision of becoming a social worker is sidetracked when she meets the man of her dreams. Shortly after her daughter Meg is born, Karen loses her husband in a tragic accident. With the support of her parents, she returns to …

I learn about the earthquake last Tuesday night when a text message comes from a friend in New Orleans, with the kind of news you never want to hear. Haiti had been devastated.

I learn about the earthquake last Tuesday night when a text message comes from a friend in New Orleans, with the kind of news you never want to hear. Haiti had been devastated. “Have you heard from your daughter and other family members?” my …

I learn about the earthquake last Tuesday night when a text message comes from a friend in New Orleans, with the kind of news you never want to hear. Haiti had been devastated.

Debutante-to-be Natalie Allison Brown was toasted with a Gingerbread Tea recently at the home of JoLee and William S. Haddock