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I received a text from my oldest son about a week ago reminding me to pick him up from college to come home for fall break. Though I do not...

I remember standing in a field, writing a note, putting it into a balloon and sending it up into the air to be found by someone who would t...

Today I had a conversation with a 5-year-old. Or more accurately, she decided to have a conversation with me. After I amazed her with my ab...

Talking is not the same as writing. But since more people talk than write, those of us who write have to adapt. So we try. When others take...

A friend offered me a portion of the large, flat sesame cookie he had just purchased from a Muslim family who makes them to sell at the mar...

With age comes wisdom . . . in theory. In reality, I often just find myself repeating the same situation, always hoping for a different out...

It was 1999 at the beginning of another school year. As all three of my boys have September birthdays, Gabriel was almost 7; Ariel was almo...