MFM Blog

Good writers can tell a story.  Great writers get you invested in the characters in the story and leave you missing them on the last...

As much as I preach to my two kids (ages 3 and 7) about the true meaning of Christmas, I know it’s futile. To a kid, the holidays are all...

This week has brought joys so high I’ve felt like I was riding on a cloud, and then moments so painful I felt I might never stop crying....

It was 1990 at Daniel Wright Middle School in Lincolnshire, a sleepy suburb of Chicago. I’m in 8th grade and hopelessly one of the...

This past summer I made a promotional video with help from Kelly Luchtman and her team at Snap! Web Video. Like many other good ideas, it...

I’m approaching the midpoint of my life (at least, let’s hope) and by now, I should have a lot of stuff figured out. I’ve survived job...

The world lost a great man a few weeks ago: my godfather and pseudo-uncle Bob “Butch” Kalchbrenner. He and his wife Gloria are those...

Summer brings relaxed schedules, later bedtimes, and the smell of aloe vera in the house. While I enjoy the extra time with family, I...

Grief is a natural part of life, but it doesn’t lessen the impact that these moments have on us. This year has brought many great things,...