I thought she was the cutest little thing in junior high. She didn’t think I was the cutest little thing in junior high, though. See, I decided to make an all-or-nothing play for her. I went downtown and I spent all my allowance money on this necklace for...

One day when our daughter was a teenager, I heard an interesting variety of emotions coming from her room. First, I’d hear her laughing, then sniffling, then she’d let out an occasional “I can’t believe it!” Finally, my curiosity got...

As a longtime New York Giants football fan, it’s hard for me to tell a story where a Dallas Cowboys player is the hero, but this one I couldn’t resist. Charles Lowery tells the story of a visit by then Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman to visit this young...

Many years ago I shocked my kids. I told them I could remember life without television! Yeah, I know you can’t believe the reaction to that. It’s inconceivable to them that there was ever life before TV. Well, I was there I’m afraid to say. Now,...

Years ago, we had this 1998 Oldsmobile, and it had behavior problems. You could say it was acting up again. I was thinking about this one time that it seemed to be having lots of problems at the same time. So my wife and I looked at each other and said,...