Capturing Days

Certain birthdays are like, you know, special milestones. Every birthday is a milestone, but take 40 for example. For some reason, we sort of enshrine that particular one as a special marking place in your life. And I remember when my wife had her 40th birthday....

Miraculously Changed

Think about what you looked like in seventh grade. You say, “Oh, no! Please, I’d rather not.” Are you thinking, “Man, what a hunk I was! What a Miss America!” Probably not. Our daughter had a funny experience in her senior French class in...

When Marriage Is a Multiple Choice Test

There are few words that strike fear into the heart of a student like the word “test.” Now, I’m informed that some are to be feared more than others. For example, an essay test is a 10 on the anxiety scale. You have to know your stuff. True and...

Unloseable

Rwanda – it was the centerpiece of a lot of news attention back in 1994. Bloody civil war; tens of thousands of Rwandans were slaughtered there. There were nightly images of emaciated refugees, dying of disease, dying of starvation. And children; oh, you just...