Linda Buxa is a freelance communications professional as well as a regular blogger and contributing writer for Time of Grace. Linda is the author of "Dig In! Family Devotions to Feed Your Faith," "Parenting by Prayer," "Made for Friendship," "Visible Faith," and "How to Fight Anxiety With Joy." She and her husband, Greg, have lived in Alaska, Washington D.C., and California. After Greg retired from the military, they moved to Wisconsin, where they settled on 11.7 acres. Because their three children insisted on getting older, using their gifts, and pursuing goals, Greg and Linda recently entered the empty-nest stage of life.

The sign in her kitchen sums up the past 24 years of marriage: "You call it chaos; we call it family.".