When Chris and I started Echo-Lit back in 2008 our goal was to create a thriving online business with roots firmly planted in our West Virginia community. We love our state and our home town. Our girl…

Occasionally while reading, I encounter a sentence or phrase that stops me dead in my tracks. I read it again, and sometimes underline the words. Often I rewrite it somewhere just to keep the meaning…

I come from a large, jumbled family with six siblings, and I'm smack dab in the middle of the line up. Five girls and two boys. We're a rag tag crew with as many differences as commonalities. Despite…

Every other year we find ourselves heading to Massachusetts to visit my baby sister, Kristen, her wife, Elizabeth and their little one, Harper. All are lovely hosts, and we adore visiting with them, b…

Our youngest daughter had just finished reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" for her English class, after which, we watched the movie version. Several days later, the news of Harper Lee's death found us.&n…