Ah, Laurie. She may have been my first romantic crush. It was 7th grade. I was insecure – that’s a synonym for 7th grade – and I didn’t know how she felt about me. So one day I went to the store, I spent all the money I had – which...

When you’ve passed thousands of cars on the Interstate, you’ve seen a whole lot of bumper stickers – most of which you’ve forgotten. But there’s one I saw I’ve never forgotten. It was just five little words – words which...

There are not too many TV shows you remember many years later. But I still remember a TV documentary that was filmed during the Vietnam War. It was called “Same Mud, Same Blood.” This correspondent traveled with this infantry company that was made up of...

I was there the day my son’s dream died. Since he’d been little, playing big-time football had been his dream. If, as they say, biology is destiny, and him being my son, he was not destined to have a football player’s size by any means. But he...

Little Mark was at that stage. He was about three years old, the son of our friends. He was cute…until he would start asking all those questions! Guess what his favorite one was? (I’ll bet you’ll know!) “Why? Why?” I only see him...