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...

“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...

You may have seen an actor named Iron Eyes Cody in a lot of roles as an Indian. He used to tell an old legend about a young Indian brave, going through the rites of manhood. As he hiked solo into this beautiful valley, he decided to test himself against that...

Ten more minutes and my wife would have never been born. The story that changed everything is hope for any of us who love someone who’s making some very bad choices. My wife’s grandfather, Bill, had given up on life. Trashing a profitable career for the...

Our family, and probably yours, can be divided into two functional groups: the morning people and the night people. Which, by the way, are dysfunctional the other part of the day. You have those at your house? Well, often they marry each other. I don’t know...