melba toast

Every year my parents make their pilgrimage from their home in rural Michigan down to their Mecca--their winter home in Florida. On the way...

Waking up later than I should have and feeling rather worn out, I decided to pull it together anyway for a Friday at the preschool. Getting...

It seems we have a natural proclivity toward making comparisons with one another. Why we think we can measure what someone else has gone th...

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...