Grabbing Opportunities to Save a Life

Okay, try to picture it. Maybe you don’t have to picture it. Maybe you’ve been there. It’s the Friday morning after Thanksgiving, just before doors open at, let’s say, Walmart. It’s still dark, but a lot of people are lined up, anxiously...

Your Father Never Said You Could

I don’t know if you’re like me, but have you ever wondered where children learn all the psychology they seem to know? They use it pretty effectively to get their way. Oh, we adults have to take courses in child psychology. They don’t take courses in...

Dressing for Your Final Destination

My plane had just landed in a Midwestern city during a record breaking cold spell and the pilot welcomed us to the city with a temperature reading that made you want to divert the fight to Florida. Well, at least I had checked the weather channel and I was able to...

Turning Over Your Treasure

You know it’s tough the first time your child goes to camp…I mean for the parent. The kids probably have a ball; it’s just tough for the parents. It all comes together when you have to sign that permission slip, and then a medical release, and then...

The Hand That Keeps You Safe

“I don’t wanna go.” When our boys were little, that was sometimes what they’d tell me when we were out in the woods where it was totally dark and a little scary. Well, not for me. I mean for them, of course. But I would reach for their hand and...