Life Actually is a newspaper column that runs in two Birmingham publications: Village Living, serving Mountain Brook, and 280 Living, serving the 280 corridor. Together, these publications reach 38,000 homes a month.
The focus of Life Actually is family, faith, and all things relevant. It celebrates traditional values in a modern world, speaking to a generation of parents and grandparents who believe in simplicity, relationships, and love.
Photo by Heather Swanner Photography
Archives
- Don’t Discount the Quiet Guys
- Give Friends Room to Have a Bad Day
- An Encouraging Word for New Moms
- The AA Way: Lessons We All Need
- Raising a Strong & Kind Child
- Social Filters: Think It or Say It?
- Would You Rather Be Liked Online – Or Loved in Person?
- Be The Driver
- From Destruction God Makes Art
- It’s Never Too Late to Say “I’m Sorry”
- The Humble Parent
- 2 Words for a Better School Year
- What Middle School Parents Should Know
- 3 Prayers for Your Kids
- 15 Things I’d Want a Son to Know
- 20 Things College Girls Should Know
- Tips for Tryouts: Confidence, Courage and Community
- Want to Like Other Parents? Presume Positive Intent
- Be Real and Know Who’s Good for You
- The Gift of Christmas Grace
- A New Book for Teen Girls
- 10 Thoughts for My 10-Year-Old Daughter
- Be Awesome and Make History
- 12 Back-to-School Prayers
- Is There Hope for Quiet Kids?
- The Key to Great Parenting? Consistency
- Having a Strong Character is More Important than Winning
- Raise the Child You Have, Not the Child You Want
- Forgiveness Does the Body, Soul Good
- Setting the First Tracks: How to Have Hard Conversations with Your Kids
- In the Thick of Parenting
- When Life Gets Dark and We Need Light
- Parenting Your Teen in an Age of Social Media
- Raising a Brave Child
- Three Words Our Kids Need to Hear
- Eight Truths Middle Schoolers Should Know
- Prepare the Child for the Road, Not the Road for the Child
- The Woman Who Loves Her People Well
- Loving and Letting Go
- Helping Your Kids Build A Thick Skin
- What’s So Great About Marriage
- The Child Who Makes Me Brave
- Making Peace with the Holidays
- The Kindness Challenge
- 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know
- Working Moms and Stay-at-Home Moms: Let’s celebrate both
- How to Help the Grieving
- How Can I Make Them Want Me?
- 10 Truths Moms Should Know
- Chasing the Good Life
- What Next? Helping Kids Cope with Rejection
- The Scary Truth of Raising Daughters
- Identity 911
- Who Am I to Judge?
- A Silver Linings Mindset
- Beauty’s in the Mind, Not the Mirror
- Our Kids Will Follow Our Example, Not Our Advice
- Let’s Get the Kids to Church
- Me, My Man & 15 Years
- Popular with God
- If Love is Blind, Let’s Put on Glasses
- If I Die Young
- Invited to the Party: A Reflection on Christmas
- Be Happy. Be the Blessing.
- Comparison is the Thief of Joy
- The Deep End of Love
- Pop the Cork, I’m 40!
- Can a Messy House be Progress?
- Dads: Are You a Spiritual Leader?
- Only God
- A God-shaped Hole
- Do Kids Hinder or Inspire Our Dreams?
- Love & Marriage
- Bloom Where You are Planted
- An Attitude of Gratitude
- Grounded Girl, Crazy World
- Jeremiah 29:11
- Sea & Suds
- The Watch
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- Ashes to Ashes
- Happy Birthday, Katie!
- Make New Friends, But Keep the Old
- It’s A ONEderful Life
- Daddies Be Good To Your Daughters
- Dreams: Crackling the Shell of Secrecy
- Angels Among Us
- Making Memories
